Psalms 8:3

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 111:2 : 2 The works of the LORD 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 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:
Gen 1:1 : 1 In the beginning God created the heaven 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, two tables of 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 to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
Job 36:24 : 24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
Ps 19:1 : 1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Ps 33:6 : 6 By the word of the LORD 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: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded{H8804)} 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, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations 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 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 the 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 the LORD had said.
Luke 11:20 : 20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
Ps 136:7-9 : 7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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