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 indifferently used to note his power, as Exodus 8:19 Luke 11:20, &c. Though some conceive that by this phrase he intended to signify both with what facility God made this glorious work, even with a touch of his finger; and with what curious and exquisite- artifice he framed it; the fingers being much used in such works. The moon and the stars: either the sun is included under this general title, or he omitted it because he made this Psalm by night, when the sun did not fall within his contemplation. Which thou hast ordained, or established, or directed, or disposed, or ordered, i.e. placed in that excellent and unalterable order, and directed to all their several courses or motions.
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Psalms 8:3
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;