Psalms 8
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God is to be glorified, for making known himself to us
Verse 1
WEB For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
KJV To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
TSK Gittah: ps 81:1, ps 84:1; our: ps 8:9, ps 63:1, ps 145:1, isa 26:13, mt 22:45, joh 20:28, php 2:11, php 3:8, re 19:6; how: ps 72:17-19, ps 113:2-4, ps 148:13, ex 15:11, ex 34:5-7, de 28:58, so 5:16; thy: ps 36:5, ps 57:10,11, ps 68:4, ps 108:4,5, 1ki 8:27, hab 3:3, eph 4:10, php 2:9,10, heb 7:26
Verse 2
WEB From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
KJV 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.
TSK Out: mt 11:25, mt 21:16, lu 10:21, 1co 1:27; strength: ps 84:5-7, isa 40:31, am 5:9, 2co 12:9,10; still: ps 4:4, ps 46:10, ex 11:7, ex 15:16, jos 2:9-11, 1sa 2:9, isa 37:20-29,36-38, hab 2:20; the enemy: ps 44:16
And for making even the heavenly bodies useful to man, thereby placing him but little lower than the angels
Verse 3
WEB When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
KJV When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
TSK When: ps 19:1, ps 111:2, job 22:12, job 36:24, ro 1:20; work: ps 33:6, ge 1:1, ex 8:19, ex 31:18, lu 11:20; moon: ps 104:19, ps 136:7-9, ps 148:3, ge 1:16-18, de 4:19, job 25:3,5
Verse 4
WEB what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
KJV What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
TSK What: ps 144:3, 2ch 6:18, job 7:17, job 25:6, isa 40:17, heb 2:6-9; son: ps 4:2, ps 80:17, ps 146:3, isa 51:12, eze 8:15, mt 8:20; visitest: ps 106:4, ge 21:1, ex 4:31, lu 1:68, lu 19:44, 1pe 2:12
Verse 5
WEB For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.
KJV For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
TSK thou: ps 103:20, ge 1:26,27, ge 2:7, 2sa 14:29, job 4:18-20, php 2:7,8, heb 2:7,9,16; hast: ps 21:3-5, ps 45:1-3,6, joh 13:31,32, eph 1:21, php 2:9-11, heb 2:9, 1pe 1:20,21
Verse 6
WEB You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
KJV Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
TSK madest: ge 1:26,28, ge 9:2, mt 28:18, heb 1:2; put: ps 110:1, 1co 15:24-27, eph 1:22, heb 2:8, 1pe 3:22
Verse 7
WEB All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
KJV All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
TSK Heb: ge 2:20
Verse 8
WEB The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
KJV The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
TSK The fowl: ps 148:10, ge 1:20-25, job 38:39-41, job 39:1-30, job 40:15-24, job 41:1-34