What does Psalms 8:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordaineda strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger."
Verse Psalms 8:2. _OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS_] We have seen how our Lord applied this passage to the Jewish children, who, seeing his miracles, cried out in the temple, "Hosanna to the S...
OUT OF THE MOUTH - This passage is quoted by the Saviour in Matthew 21:16, to vindicate the conduct of the children in the temple crying, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” against the objections of the P...
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...
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...
OUT OF, &C. Quoted in Matthew 21:16. BABES. Referring to his own youth.. still more definite reference to 1 Samuel 17:14; 1 Samuel 17:33; 1 Samuel 17:42; 1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 17:56. ORDAINED. ap...
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS, &C.— The first and most natural signification of these words is an allusion to the case of David himself; who, in comparison of Goliath, was but a mere child;...
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...
_OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS HAST THOU ORDAINED STRENGTH BECAUSE OF THINE ENEMIES, THAT THOU MIGHTEST STILL THE ENEMY AND THE AVENGER._ Sucklings - children until the third year, up to wh...
8:2 praise (n-12) Or 'founded strength;' same word as in Psalms 68:34 ; Psalms 96:6 ,Psalms 96:7 ; Psalms 132:8 . adversaries, (o-16) _ Tzar_ , the 'adversary' of Christ, or 'oppressor' of the remnan...
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...
BABES AND SUCKLINGS. — Better, _young children and sucklings._ A regular phrase to describe children from one to three years old (1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 22:19). The _yonek,_ or suckling, denotes an e...
_[Psalms 8:3]_ מִ פִּ֤י עֹֽולְלִ֨ים ׀ וְֽ יֹנְקִים֮ יִסַּ֪דְתָּ֫ עֹ֥ז לְמַ֥עַן צֹורְרֶ֑יךָ לְ הַשְׁבִּ֥ית אֹ֝ויֵ֗ב...
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,...
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...
Out of the mouth (a) of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. (a) Though the wicked would hide God's praises, y...
_O Lord, (Jehova) our Lord, (Adonenu). (St. Jerome) Dominator noster, "our Ruler." (Haydock) --- God is Lord of all by creation, and still more of those who believe. (Worthington) --- Adonai is pronou...
The best of all comments on this blessed verse is what Jesus himself hath given, Matthew 21:15. And as in the person of our glorious Head, so in the instance of all his redeemed, how is the praise of...
He now enters upon the proof of the subject which he had undertaken to discourse upon, (132) declaring, that the providence of God, in order to make itself known to mankind, does not wait till men arr...
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...
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES AND SUCKLINGS,.... Not literally such, though the Jewish writers e generally so understand it; as do some Christian interpreters, who explain it of the wonderful formation,...
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. Ver. 2. _Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings_] Fo...
Psa. 8:2. "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger." It seems to me that mankind are principal...
_Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings_ Children in age, and children in power and knowledge, persons comparatively ignorant and foolish, weak and contemptible, but simple, humble, and teachable; _t...
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...
ORDAINED: _ Heb._ founded...
1,2 The psalmist seeks to give unto God the glory due to his name. How bright this glory shines even in this lower world! He is ours, for he made us, protects us, and takes special care of us. The bi...
BABES AND SUCKLINGS; either, 1. Properly such; for there is much of God's glory seen in infants, in their conception and strange progress from small and contemptible beginnings, in their preservation...
Psalms 8:2 mouth H6310 babes H5768 infants H3243 (H8802) ordained H3245 (H8765) strength H5797 enemies H6887 (H8802) silence H7673 (H8687) enemy H341 (H8802) avenger H5358 (H8693) Out - Matthew 11:25...
You whose glory is spread over the heavens, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings you have established strength, Because of your adversaries, That you might still the enemy and the avenger.' Se...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9; Amos 5:9; Exodus 11:7; Exodus 15:16; Habakkuk 2:20; Isaiah 37:20;...
Babes — Weak and foolish, and contemptible persons, who are frequently called babes or children. Such are very unfit to grapple with an enemy: and therefore when such persons conquer the most powerful...