Psalms 8:7 - Exposition

All sheep and oxen ; literally, flocks and oxen , all of them. The domesticated animals are placed first, as most completely under man's actual dominion. Yea, and the beasts of the field ; i.e. "and all other land animals" (comp. Genesis 1:28 ; Genesis 9:2 ). If some were still unsubdued ( 2 Kings 17:25 , 2 Kings 17:26 ; Job 40:24 ; Job 41:1-10 ), their subjugation was only a question of time (see Isaiah 11:6-9 ; Isaiah 65:25 ).