Psalm 8:2

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 8:1-9

Psalms 8:0To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.1 O Lord our Lord,How excellent is thy name in all the earth!Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strengthBecause of thine enemies,That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him?And the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 8:1-9

God’s Glory in Man’s Headship Psalms 8:1-9 This exquisite ode can reach perfect fulfillment only in our Lord, Hebrews 2:6-9 . It was evidently composed at night, and probably dates from the early shepherd days, when wild creatures crept around the fold and night-birds screamed above, reminding the singer of the animal world over which man was meant to reign. The ascription of Psalms 8:1-2 is very fine. Christ is so mighty that when His strength is given to babes they vanquish and silence... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 8:1-9

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. They are two. The manifestation of Jehovah's excellencies in nature and man. These are first briefly stated (1,2), and then more particularly described (3-8). The principal manifestation is in man, which is revealed in both sections. The outlook on nature is toward the encompassing heaven, all the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 8:1-2

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.’ Setting Psalms 8:1 b with Psalms 8:2 maintains the parallelism, is equally in accordance with the text, ties in with the contrasts in the first four verses, and agrees with the idea that the psalm opens and closes with the same majestic statement. It would seem therefore the right translation. The One... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 8:1-9

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 does least violence to the text, “ Let me sing, I pray thee, of thy glory above the heavens, [though] with the mouth of babes and sucklings. Thou hast founded a stronghold because of thine enemies, to still the foe and the avenger.” The reference may be to the chaotic power of darkness dispelled by... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 8:2

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 and nourishment in the dark cell of the womb, in their bringing forth and bringing up, in providing breasts and milk for them, and keeping them from innumerable dangers, from which they are utterly unable to keep themselves. But this, though it sets forth God’s praise, yet how it stills the enemy... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 8:1-9

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 whether it is to be considered a prophecy, or whether it is quoted simply because it describes by way of accommodation the character of our Lord, does not appear certain. The most sober commentators have adopted the latter view, considering that the author of the psalm intended simply to celebrate... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 8:1-9

Psalms 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, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! ( Psalms 8:1 )The first Lord, all capital letters, signifying that it is a translation of the Hebrew name for God. That name which we do not know exactly how to pronounce. Perhaps it is Yahweh; perhaps it is Jehovah. Nobody really knows for sure.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 8:1-9

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 text, Matthew 21:16, when the children sung hosannas to him in the temple. Perhaps David made this psalm presently after his anointing, and when keeping his father’s flock by night, where he had the fairest opportunity for the study of astronomy. Psalms 8:4 . What is man. Hebrews Enosh,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 8:1-9

Psalms 8:1-9How excellent is Thy name in all the earth! David’s poetical sensitivenessIn all probability this Psalm is the first, or at all events one of the very first, David ever wrote.It breathes the spirit of those lonely nights which he must so often have passed keeping watch over his father’s sheep on the wild hills of Bethlehem. To a lad of his strong poetical temperament, the glory of the Syrian sunset, the gradual assembling of the stars, as of an innumerable flock in the silent... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 8:1-9

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 8:1-9

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 8:1-9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 8:1-2

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 8:1-9

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 8:2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 8:1-9

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 8:1-9

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 8:1-9

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 8:1-9

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