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Psalms 8:3

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

KJV

Ex ore infantium et lactentium perfecisti laudem propter inimicos tuos, ut destruas inimicum et ultorem.

Vulgate

ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου, τοῦ καταλῦσαι ἐχθρὸν καὶ ἐκδικητήν.

LXX

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

ASV

מִ/פִּ֤י עֽוֹלְלִ֨ים וְֽ/יֹנְקִים֮ יִסַּ֪דְתָּ֫ עֹ֥ז לְמַ֥עַן צוֹרְרֶ֑י/ךָ לְ/הַשְׁבִּ֥ית א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּ/מִתְנַקֵּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הִשְׁבַּתִּי֙
hshbty
verb · 71×
הָ
h
noun · 20×
הּ
h
verb · 41×
וֹ
v
noun · 89×
י
y
verb · 282×
י
y
noun · 496×
י
y
verb · 53×
יוֹנֵ֖ק
yvnq
verb · 32×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם
ttnqm
verb · 35×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§559How will Jerusalem welcome her Messiah? Although Jesus had always refused popular attempts to make him king, he chooses the time and prepares the details for his messianic entry into the city of "his father David".308 Acclaimed as son of David, as the one who brings salvation (Hosanna means "Save!" or "Give salvation!"), the "King of glory" enters his City "riding on an ass".30…
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! David celebrates the glory of God as displayed in the heavens and in the dignity bestowed upon man. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings God has ordained strength — Christ quotes these words against the scribes and Pharisees. The dominion over creation given to man finds its true fulfillment in Christ, the second A…

Cross-references

  • Deut 4:19 — And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD
  • Exod 8:19 — Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
  • Exod 8:19 — Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
  • Exod 31:18 — And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
  • Gen 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
  • Gen 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
  • Gen 1:16 — And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
  • Gen 1:17 — And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
  • Heb 1:10 — And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
  • Isa 45:7 — I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
  • Isa 51:6 — Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in li
  • Job 22:12 — Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
  • Job 22:12 — Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
  • Job 25:3 — Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
  • Job 25:5 — Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
  • Job 36:24 — Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
  • Lam 3:66 — Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
  • Luke 11:20 — But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
  • Ps 19:1 — The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
  • Ps 19:1 — The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
  • Ps 33:6 — By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
  • Ps 89:11 — The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
  • Ps 104:19 — He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
  • Ps 104:19 — He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
  • Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Ps 111:2 — The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
  • Ps 136:7 — To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
  • Ps 147:4 — He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
  • Ps 148:3 — Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
  • Rom 1:20 — For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
  • Rom 1:20 — For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: