Psalms 8:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִפִּ֤י עֽוֹלְלִ֨ים ׀ וְֽיֹנְקִים֮ יִסַּ֢דְתָּ֫ עֹ֥ז לְמַ֥עַן צוֹרְרֶ֑יךָ לְהַשְׁבִּ֥ית א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃

Transliteration

From-mouth-of ʿôlelîm and-yōneqîm yissadtā ʿōz for-sake-of tsôrerêkā to-cause-to-cease ʾôyēb and-mitnaqēm

Grammar Details

*ʿôlelîm*: masculine plural noun - infants/children/babes
*yōneqîm*: masculine plural participle - sucklings/nursing ones
*yissadtā*: 2nd person masculine singular perfect, Piel form - you have founded/established
*ʿōz*: masculine singular noun - strength/might/power
*tsôrerêkā*: masculine plural participle + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your enemies/adversaries
*ʾôyēb*: masculine singular participle - enemy/foe
*mitnaqēm*: masculine singular participle, Hithpael form - avenger/one who takes vengeance

Word Meanings

*yissadtā*: you have founded/established/ordained/appointed
*ʿōz*: strength/might/power/stronghold
*tsôrerêkā*: your adversaries/enemies/oppressors
*mitnaqēm*: avenger/one who takes vengeance/revenger

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 111:2 : 2 The works of Jehovah are great, Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Ps 148:3 : 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: Praise him, all ye stars of light.
Ps 104:19 : 19 He appointed the moon for seasons: The sun knoweth his going down.
Rom 1:20 : 20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, [even] his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse:
Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Exod 31:18 : 18 And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Job 25:3 : 3 Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom doth not his light arise?
Job 25:5 : 5 Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:
Job 36:24 : 24 Remember that thou magnify his work, Whereof men have sung.
Ps 19:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament showeth his handiwork.
Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of Jehovah were the heavens made, And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Ps 89:11 : 11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Deut 4:19 : 19 and 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, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Job 22:12 : 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!
Gen 1:16-18 : 16 And God made the two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Exod 8:19 : 19 Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as Jehovah had spoken.
Luke 11:20 : 20 But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you.
Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him that made great lights; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; 9 The moon and stars to rule by night; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever:

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