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Psalm 8 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Notes on this text (2)
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm of David.
1 Not in this translation
2 O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.
1 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! You have set your glory above the heavens!
3 Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
4 For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
5 What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest hi?
4 what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
6 Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:
5 For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.
7 And hast set him over the works of thy hands.
6 You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
8 Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.
7 All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
9 The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea.
8 the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
10 O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in all the earth!
9 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Cross references (10)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in DRB.

  1. 1 Psalm 8:9; Psalm 113:2–4; Psalm 57:5; Psalm 148:13; Exodus 15:11
  2. 2 Psalm 8:9; Psalm 113:2–4; Psalm 57:5; Psalm 148:13; Exodus 15:11
  3. 3 Matthew 21:16; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10; Isaiah 40:31; Psalm 46:10; 1 Corinthians 1:27
  4. 4 Genesis 1:1; Psalm 33:6; Psalm 104:19; Psalm 89:11; Psalm 111:2
  5. 5 Job 7:17; Psalm 144:3; Hebrews 2:6–9; Psalm 146:3; Luke 1:68
  6. 6 Hebrews 2:7; Hebrews 2:9; Genesis 1:26–27; Hebrews 2:16; Philippians 2:7–11
  7. 7 Genesis 1:28; Genesis 1:26; Matthew 28:18; Hebrews 2:8; Ephesians 1:22
  8. 8 Genesis 2:20
  9. 9 Genesis 1:20–25; Psalm 148:10; Job 38:39–39:30
  10. 10 Psalm 8:1; Psalm 104:24; Job 11:7; Deuteronomy 33:26

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 8:2 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book I, Chapter XIV)

    For this reason, too, David said: "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise;" and again: "The heavens declare the glory of God." Hence also it comes to pass, that when the soul is involved in difficulties and distresses, for its own relief it calls out, "Oh" (O), in honour of the letter in question, so …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  2. Quotes verse 8:7 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book V)

    … to be; nor do they slay their own pride, as fowls of the air, nor their own curiosities, by which (like the fishes of the sea) they wander over the unknown paths of the abyss, nor their own extravagance, as the "beasts of the field," that Thou, Lord, "a consuming fire," mayest burn up their lifeless cares and renew them …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 8:2 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily VII)

    For instance, when after many miracles children were singing hymns unto Him, hear what saith the prophet, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings Thou hast perfected praise." And again, "I will consider the Heavens, the works of Thy fingers;" which signifies Him to be Maker of the universe.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 8:3 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture IV)

    This Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is not circumscribed in any place, nor is He less than the heaven; but the heavens are the works of His fingers, and the whole earth is held in His grasp: He is in all things and around all.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 8:3 Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (The Second Theological Oration)

    For even of this I would have you know that you have only a shadow when you hear the words, "I will consider the heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars," and the settled order therein; not as if he were considering them now, but as destined to do so hereafter.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)