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Psa. 8:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Out of the mouth of babesf and sucklings hast thou γordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemyh and the avenger.

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Matt. 11:25• ²⁵At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. (Matt. 11:25)

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Matt. 21:16• ¹⁶And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? (Matt. 21:16)

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1 Cor. 1:27• ²⁷But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; (1 Cor. 1:27)

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founded.

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Psa. 44:16• ¹⁶For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. (Psa. 44:16)

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Avenger; Avenger of Blood,

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Matt. 11:25• ²⁵At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. (Matt. 11:25)

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Matt. 21:16• ¹⁶And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? (Matt. 21:16)

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Luke 10:21• ²¹In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. (Luke 10:21)

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1 Cor. 1:27• ²⁷But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; (1 Cor. 1:27)

ordained.

Heb. founded.

strength.

Psa. 84:5‑7• ⁵Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
⁶Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
⁷They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. (Psa. 84:5‑7)

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Isa. 40:31• ³¹But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:31)

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Amos 5:9• ⁹That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. (Amos 5:9)

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2 Cor. 12:9‑10• ⁹And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
¹⁰Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Cor. 12:9‑10)

still.

Psa. 4:4• ⁴Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4)

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Psa. 46:10• ¹⁰Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. (Psa. 46:10)

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Ex. 11:7• ⁷But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. (Ex. 11:7)

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Ex. 15:16• ¹⁶Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. (Ex. 15:16)

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Josh. 2:9‑11• ⁹And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
¹⁰For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
¹¹And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. (Josh. 2:9‑11)

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1 Sam. 2:9• ⁹He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)

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Isa. 37:20‑29,36‑38• ²⁰Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.
²¹Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
²²This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
²³Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
²⁴By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
²⁵I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
²⁶Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
²⁷Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
²⁸But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
²⁹Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
³⁶Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
³⁷So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
³⁸And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isa. 37:20‑29,36‑38)

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Hab. 2:20• ²⁰But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Hab. 2:20)

the enemy.

Psa. 44:16• ¹⁶For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. (Psa. 44:16)

• The praise commences with the despised remnant, figured by babes and suckling’s. God takes up the praises of the weak and despised to still all opposition to Christ. (“Psalms 8” by H. Smith)

• Satan—the Avenger (“Psalms 8” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praisen because of thine adversarieso, to still the enemyp and the avenger.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "founded strength"; same word as in Ps. 68.34; 96.6,7; 132.8.

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Tzar, the "adversary" of Christ, or "oppressor" of the remnant, from within, as Ps. 3.1; 27.2,12.

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Oyeb, external "enemy," as Ex. 15.9; 23.22; Num. 10.35.