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Verse Psalms 8:3. _WHEN I CONSIDER THY HEAVENS_] כי אראה _ki
ereh; because I_ _will see_. He had often seen the heavens with
astonishment, and he purposes to make them frequent subjects of
contemplati...
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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 WORK O...
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Psalms 8
THE SON OF MAN: ALL THINGS PUT UNDER HIS FEET
_ 1. A little lower than the angels; crowned with glory (Psalms 8:1)_
2. All things put under Him (Psalms 8:6)
3. How excellent is Thy Name o...
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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 and d...
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WORK. The Western _Massorites_ (App-30), with Septuagint and Vulgate,
read "works" (plural)
FINGERS. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.
ORDAINED. established. Hebrew. _kun._...
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PSALMS 8
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Jehovah's Majesty Exalted by means of Man's Dominion.
ANALYSIS
An Original Solo, Psalms 8:3-8: Adapted to Temple Worship by Prelude
and Refrain, Psalms 8:1 a, b, and Psa...
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_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" - namel...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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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.: —
“Kno...
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_[Psalms 8:4]_ כִּֽי ־אֶרְאֶ֣ה שָׁ֭מֶיךָ
מַעֲשֵׂ֣י אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ יָרֵ֥חַ
וְ֝ כֹוכָבִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר
כֹּונָֽנְתָּה׃...
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Psalms 8:1
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 man,...
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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. Th...
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Praise. But why does the prophet take notice of this proof of Christ's
being the Messias, while he passes over his curing the sick? &c. St.
Chrysostom answers, because the other miracles had been perf...
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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...
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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 if it were a...
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We have now come to Psalms 8 which closes this unfolding of the
condition of the remnant, and the counsels of God as to the rejected
Anointed of Jehovah. What is said is still by the mouth of the now...
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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
co...
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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, both...
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_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 _f...
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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 psa...
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3-9 We are to consider the heavens, that man thus may be directed to
set his affections on things above. What is man, so mean a creature,
that he should be thus honoured! so sinful a creature, that h...
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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 use...
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Psalms 8:3 consider H7200 (H8799) heavens H8064 work H4639 fingers
H676 moon H3394 stars H3556 ordained H3559 (H8790)
When - Psalms 19:1, Psalms 111:2; Job 22:12, Job 36:24;...
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‘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 visi...
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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 wi...
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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. _Out of th...
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CONTENTS: Meditation on the majesty of God's works and the
insignificance of man.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: When we consider the majesty of God's wonderful works in
the universe, we cannot...
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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, cited this...
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_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 the sp...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 8:1. This hymn of praise helps the
Lord’s people celebrate their glorious Creator, and their privileged
place in his creation. With Genesis 1:1 as a background, the Psalm
pr...
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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...
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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 his gl...
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Psa 8:1-9 is to the chief musician upon Gittith. Now Gittith means
wine press, and so you have the thought of the harvest in the sense,
actually, of judgment. The time of harvest has come.
O LORD, ou...
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Deuteronomy 4:19; Exodus 31:18; Exodus 8:19; Genesis 1:1; Genesis
1:16; Job 22:12; Job 25:3; Job 25:5; Job 36:24; Luke 11:20;...
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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 their...