Psalms 8:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 8:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When I consider thy heavens - When I contemplate or look upon. They are called his heavens because he made them - because he is the proprietor of them - perhaps because they are his abode. The...
Psalms 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

VIII. A Nature Psalm. Psalms 8:1 f. The majesty of God. In Matthew 2 defies the rudiments of Heb. grammar and all attempt at translation. Of many emendations the following is the most ingenious...
Psalms 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

work. The Western Massorites (App-30), with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "works" (plural) fingers. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6. ordained . established. Hebrew. kun.
Psalms 8:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

As the Hebrew particle כי, ki, has often the same meaning as because or for, and simply affirms a thing, both the Greek and the Latin fathers have generally read the fourth verse as i...
Psalms 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; When I Consider thy heavens - כי אראה ki ereh; Because I will see. He had often seen the heaven...
Psalms 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; Thy heavens ... the moon and the stars. The sun is probably included in "thy heavens" -...
Psalms 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When I consider. — Literally, see, scan. Ordained. — Or, as in margin, founded — i.e., created, formed; but the English word aptly introduces the idea of order in the kosmos. Comp.: —...
Psalms 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 8:1-9 THE exclamation which begins and ends this psalm, enclosing it as a jewel in a setting, determines its theme as being neither the nightly heaven with all its stars, nor the dignity of...
Psalms 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a great song of worship. It opens and closes with the same words. These words enclose the psalm, and create its burden. The matters between are proofs of the opening and closing statements. T...
Psalms 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Psalmist is here lost in admiration. He contemplates the heavenly bodies, those bright luminaries the moon and the stars. He doth not notice the sun; probably it was night when this meditation on...
Psalms 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

When I consider thy heavens ,.... Where God dwells, and which he has made; the airy and starry heavens, which are to be seen with the bodily eye; and the heaven of heavens, which is to be beheld and...
Psalms 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; Ver. 3. When I consider thy heavens ] And that men should be much in this consideration, bot...
Psalms 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When I consider thy heavens Thine by creation, as it follows; the work of thy fingers Of thy hands , as it is expressed Psalms 102:25 , a part being here put for the whole, and God's hand and...
Psalms 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Condescension of God. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast o...
Psalms 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy heavens; thine by creation, as it follows. Of thy fingers. i.e. of thy hand, as it is expressed, Psalms 102:25 ; a part being here put for the whole; God's hand and finger being indiffer...
Psalms 8:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘When I consider the heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars which you have ordained, What is man ('enosh) that you are mindful of him? And the son of man (ben adam) that you vis...
Psalms 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This is a psalm of thanksgiving to God for the exaltation of man above all terrestrial creatures. It is quoted by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews with reference to Christ; but...
Psalms 8:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 8:3 The text is now to be used as the basis of the inquiry, What is the moral effect of studying great subjects? When we consider the heavens, four results are secured: I. We are impressed...
Psalms 8:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

8 : 1. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. They are very high, but thy glory is higher than the heavens. Psalms 8:2-4 ....
Psalms 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 8:1 . How excellent is thy name. See note on Proverbs 18:10 . Psalms 8:2 . Thou hast ordained strength. For some reason the LXX read αινον, praise. So our Saviour, it would seem, cit...
Psalms 8:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

How excellent is Thy name in all the earth! David’s poetical sensitiveness In all probability this Psalm is the first, or at all events one of the very first, David ever wrote. It breathes th...
Psalms 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Psalm VIII . is altogether a psalm of praise and thanksgiving. Its primary idea is the condescending love and goodness of God towards man. That God, who had made the heavens, and sot...
Psalms 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Glory of Messiah's Name. To the chief musician, for liturgical performance, upon Gittith, a form of zither, named from the Philistine city of Gath, where the author had lived for some time. A...
Psalms 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 4:19 ; Exodus 31:18 ; Exodus 8:19 ; Genesis 1:1 ; Genesis 1:16-18 ; Job 22:12 ; Job 25:3 ; Job 25:5 ; Job 36:24 ; Luke 11:20 ; Psalms 111:2 ; Psalms 19:1 ; Psalms 33:6 ; Psa...
Psalms 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The moon — Either the sun is included under this general title: or he omitted it, because he made this psalm by night. Ordained — Placed in that excellent and unalterable order, and directed to the...

Psalms 8:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 8:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 8:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 8:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 8:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes