To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
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O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
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Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
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When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
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What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
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Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
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All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
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The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
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O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Commentary on Psalms 8
Scofield Reference Notes · Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Topics in Psalms 8
Agency · Angel (a spirit) · Assurance · Astronomy · Babes · Birds · Children · Condescension of God · Glory · God · Heaven · Humility · Man · Moon · Music · Power · Praise · Preaching · Prophecy · Psalms · Quotations and allusions · Readings, select · Religion · Stars