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Psalms 8:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 8:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 8:212 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהוָ֤הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֲדֹנֵ֗י/נוּʾădōnēynw
lord ournounH113
master · owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'
מָֽהmāh
how!particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
אַדִּ֣ירʾadiyr
majesticadjH117
famous · gallant · glorious · goodly ···
שִׁ֭מְ/ךָšiməkā
is name yournounH8034
base · named · renown · report
בְּ/כָלbəkāl
in allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
the one whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
תְּנָ֥/הtənāh
set !verbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
ה֝וֹדְ/ךָ֗hwōdəkā
splendor yournounH1935
comeliness · excellency · glorious · glory ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִםhašāmāyim
the heavensparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 8:2

To the end, for the wine-presses, a psalm of David himself. 1. He seems to say nothing of wine-presses in the text of the Psalm of which this is the title. By which it appears, that one and the same thing is often signified in Scripture by many and various similitudes. We may then take wine-presses to be Churches, on the same principle by which we understand also by a threshing-floor the Church. For whether in the threshing-floor, or in the wine-press, there is nothing else…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 8 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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