Geneva Study Bible < O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
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. 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, yet the very babes are sufficient witnesses of the same. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? What is {b} man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
(b) It was sufficient for him to have set forth his glory by the heavens, though he had not come so low as to man who is but dust. For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. For thou hast made him a little lower than the {c} angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
(c) Concerning his first creation. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; All {d} sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
(d) By the temporal gifts of man's creation, he is led to consider the benefits which he has by his regeneration through Christ. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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