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Psalm 8

Psa. 8:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When I consider
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
thy heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, the work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of thy fingers
'etsba` (Hebrew #676)
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
KJV usage: finger, toe.
Pronounce: ets-bah'
Origin: from the same as 6648 (in the sense of grasping)
, the moon
yareach (Hebrew #3394)
the moon
KJV usage: moon. Yrechow. See 3405.
Pronounce: yaw-ray'-akh
Origin: from the same as 3391
and the stars
kowkab (Hebrew #3556)
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV usage: star((-gazer)).
Pronounce: ko-kawb'
Origin: probably from the same as 3522 (in the sense of rolling) or 3554 (in the sense of blazing)
, which thou hast ordained
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 19:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handywork. (Psa. 19:1)
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Psa. 111:2• 2The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. (Psa. 111:2)
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Job 22:12• 12Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! (Job 22:12)
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Job 36:24• 24Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. (Job 36:24)
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Rom. 1:20• 20For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: (Rom. 1:20)
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Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. (Psa. 33:6)
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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
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Ex. 8:19• 19Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had said. (Ex. 8:19)
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Ex. 31:18• 18And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. (Ex. 31:18)
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Luke 11:20• 20But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. (Luke 11:20)
moon.
Psa. 104:19• 19He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. (Psa. 104:19)
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Psa. 136:7‑9• 7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 8The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
 9The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psa. 136:7‑9)
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Psa. 148:3• 3Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. (Psa. 148:3)
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Gen. 1:16‑18• 16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
 17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
 18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. (Gen. 1:16‑18)
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Deut. 4:19• 19And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. (Deut. 4:19)
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Job 25:3,5• 3Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
 5Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. (Job 25:3,5)
• {v.3-4} His glory is unfolded by contrasting the Son of Man with mortal man, Compared with the vast stellar universe (lit. ‘feeble,’ mortal man) man is very insignificant. (“Psalms 8” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;