Psalms 8
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Psalms 8:3-8

3WhenH3588 I 12considerH7200 3Your heavensH8064, the workH4639 of Your fingersH676, The 4moonH3394 and the starsH3556, whichH834 You have 5ordainedH3559;46WhatH4100 is manH582 that You 7takeH2142 thoughtH2142 of him, And the sonH1121 of manH120 that You careH6485 for him?5Yet You have madeH2637 him a 8littleH4592 lowerH2637 thanH4480 9GodH430, And 10You crownH5849 him with 11gloryH3519 and majestyH1926!6You make him to 12ruleH4910 over the worksH4639 of Your handsH3027; You have 13putH7896 allH3605 thingsH3605 underH8478 his feetH7272,7AllH3605 sheepH6792 and oxenH504, And alsoH1571 the 14beastsH929 of the fieldH7706,8The birdsH6833 of the heavensH8064 and the fishH1709 of the seaH3220, Whatever passesH5674 throughH5674 the pathsH734 of the seasH3220.

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Notes

  1. 1. Psalms 8:3 Or see ↩
  2. 2. Psalms 8:3 Ps 111:2 ↩
  3. 3. Psalms 8:3 Ps 89:11; 144:5 ↩
  4. 4. Psalms 8:3 Ps 136:9 ↩
  5. 5. Psalms 8:3 Or appointed, fixed ↩
  6. 6. Psalms 8:4 Job 7:17; Ps 144:3; Heb 2:6-8 ↩
  7. 7. Psalms 8:4 Or remember him ↩
  8. 8. Psalms 8:5 Gen 1:26; Ps 82:6 ↩
  9. 9. Psalms 8:5 Or the angels; Heb Elohim ↩
  10. 10. Psalms 8:5 Ps 103:4 ↩
  11. 11. Psalms 8:5 Ps 21:5 ↩
  12. 12. Psalms 8:6 Gen 1:26, 28 ↩
  13. 13. Psalms 8:6 1 Cor 15:27; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:8 ↩
  14. 14. Psalms 8:7 Or animals ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 8

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