Psalms · 9 verses

Psalms 8

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Children and infants are made the mouthpiece of praise that silences the enemy and avenger—a wonderfully improbable arsenal, and one the psalm presents without apology.

From infants to the stars, and back againvv. 1–9

The heading is brisk: “For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David.” Gittith is named and left unexplained, having been given a place in the title but not an introduction. The psalm then opens wide: the heavens are the work of God's fingers, with the moon and stars set in place, while the mouths of children and infants carry the praise that silences the enemy and avenger. Against that vastness comes the question of man—what is he that God is mindful of him?—followed by an answer of almost startling generosity: made a little lower than the angels, crowned with glory and honor, and given rule over sheep, oxen, beasts, birds, and fish. Having surveyed the whole arrangement, the psalm closes exactly where it began, with the majesty of the LORD's name in all the earth.

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Ps 8:1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
Ps 8:2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
Ps 8:3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
Ps 8:4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Ps 8:5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
Ps 8:6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
Ps 8:7all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
Ps 8:8the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
Ps 8:9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

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Where this is echoed

Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 112 passages were voted onto 9 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

4 Job 7:17What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,
4 Psalms 144:3O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him?
4 Hebrews 2:6–9But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
2 Matthew 21:16“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
5 Hebrews 2:7You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor
1 Psalms 8:9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
2 2 Corinthians 12:9–10But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
2 Isaiah 40:31But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
5 Hebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
2 Psalms 46:10“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
2 1 Corinthians 1:27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
3 Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
2 Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
6 Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
1 Psalms 113:2–4Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.
1 Psalms 57:5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

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