Psalms 8
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 8:2-5

21From the mouthH6310 of infantsH5768 and nursingH3243 babesH3243 You have establishedH3245 23strengthH5797 BecauseH4616 of Your adversariesH6887, To make 4the enemyH340 and the revengefulH5358 ceaseH7673.

3WhenH3588 I 56considerH7200 7Your heavensH8064, the workH4639 of Your fingersH676, The 8moonH3394 and the starsH3556, whichH834 You have 9ordainedH3559;410WhatH4100 is manH582 that You 11takeH2142 thoughtH2142 of him, And the sonH1121 of manH120 that You careH6485 for him?5Yet You have madeH2637 him a 12littleH4592 lowerH2637 thanH4480 13GodH430, And 14You crownH5849 him with 15gloryH3519 and majestyH1926!

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 8:2 Matt 21:16; 1 Cor 1:27 ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 8:2 Or a bulwark ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 8:2 Ps 29:1; 118:14 ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 8:2 Ps 44:16 ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 8:3 Or see ↩
  6. 6. Psalms 8:3 Ps 111:2 ↩
  7. 7. Psalms 8:3 Ps 89:11; 144:5 ↩
  8. 8. Psalms 8:3 Ps 136:9 ↩
  9. 9. Psalms 8:3 Or appointed, fixed ↩
  10. 10. Psalms 8:4 Job 7:17; Ps 144:3; Heb 2:6-8 ↩
  11. 11. Psalms 8:4 Or remember him ↩
  12. 12. Psalms 8:5 Gen 1:26; Ps 82:6 ↩
  13. 13. Psalms 8:5 Or the angels; Heb Elohim ↩
  14. 14. Psalms 8:5 Ps 103:4 ↩
  15. 15. Psalms 8:5 Ps 21:5 ↩

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