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Psalm 8

Psa. 8:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Out of the mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
of babes
`owlel (Hebrew #5768)
from 5763; a suckling
KJV usage: babe, (young) child, infant, little one.
Pronounce: o-lale'
Origin: or lolal {o-lawl'}
f and sucklings
yanaq (Hebrew #3243)
to suck; causatively, to give milk
KJV usage: milch, nurse(-ing mother), (give, make to) suck(-ing child, -ling).
Pronounce: yaw-nak'
Origin: a primitive root
hast thou γordained
yacad (Hebrew #3245)
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
KJV usage: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, X sure.
Pronounce: yaw-sad'
Origin: a primitive root
strength
`oz (Hebrew #5797)
from 5810; strength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
KJV usage: boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.
Pronounce: oze
Origin: or (fully) rowz {oze}
because of thine enemies
tsarar (Hebrew #6887)
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Pronounce: tsaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
, that thou mightest still
shabath (Hebrew #7673)
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
KJV usage: (cause to, let, make to) cease, celebrate, cause (make) to fail, keep (sabbath), suffer to be lacking, leave, put away (down), (make to) rest, rid, still, take away.
Pronounce: shaw-bath'
Origin: a primitive root
the enemy
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
h and the avenger
naqam (Hebrew #5358)
to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
KJV usage: avenge(-r, self), punish, revenge (self), X surely, take vengeance.
Pronounce: naw-kam'
Origin: a primitive root
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Matt. 11:25• 25{i}At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.{/i} (Matt. 11:25)
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Matt. 21:16• 16{i}and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?{/i} (Matt. 21:16)
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1 Cor. 1:27• 27But the foolish things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the strong things; (1 Cor. 1:27)
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founded.
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Psa. 44:16• 16Because of the voice of him who reproacheth and blasphemeth,{HR}Because of the face of the enemy and the avenger. (Psa. 44:16)

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Avenger; Avenger of Blood,
Babes,
Ordain

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Ministry on This Verse

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Matt. 11:25• 25{i}At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.{/i} (Matt. 11:25)
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Matt. 21:16• 16{i}and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?{/i} (Matt. 21:16)
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Luke 10:21• 21In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father; for thus hath it been well-pleasing in thy sight. (Luke 10:21)
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1 Cor. 1:27• 27But the foolish things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the strong things; (1 Cor. 1:27)
ordained.
Heb. founded.
strength.
Psa. 84:5‑7• 5Blessed the man whose strength [is] in thee,{HR}In whose heart [are] the highways!
 6Passing through the valley of the weeping (Baca),{HR}They make it a well-spring;{HR}Also early rain covereth [it] with blessings.
 7They go from strength to strength;{HR}[Each] will appear before God in Zion. (Psa. 84:5‑7)
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Isa. 40:31• 31but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; 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 hath said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ may rest on me.
 10Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong. (2 Cor. 12:9‑10)
still.
Psa. 4:4• 4Tremble and sin not;{HR}Commune in your heart upon your bed and be still. Selah. (Psa. 4:4)
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Psa. 46:10• 10Leave off, and know that I [am] God:{HR}I will be exalted among the nations;{HR}I will be exalted in the earth. (Psa. 46:10)
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Ex. 11:7• 7{i}But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know that Jehovah distinguisheth between the Egyptians and Israel.{/i} (Ex. 11:7)
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Ex. 15:16• 16{i}Fear and dread fall upon them;{HR}By the greatness of thine arm they are still as a stone;{HR}Till thy people pass over, Jehovah,{HR}Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased.{HR}{/i} (Ex. 15:16)
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Josh. 2:9‑11• 9{i}and said to the men{/i}, I know, that Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah 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,{HR}And the wicked shall be silent in darkness;{HR}For by strength shall no man prevail. (1 Sam. 2:9)
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Isa. 37:20‑29,36‑38• 20Now therefore, Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, thou only.
 21And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
 22this [is] the word which Jehovah hath spoken against him. The virgin-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 the voice? Against the Holy One of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.
 24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the recesses of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, its choice cypresses: and I will enter into the height of its border, the forest of its fruitful field.
 25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of Matsor.
 26Hast thou not heard long ago I have done it, how of ancient days I purposed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest waste fortified cities [to] ruinous heaps.
 27And their inhabitants [were] powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were [as] the grass of the field, the green herb, the grass on the housetops, and [corn] blighted before it be grown up.
 28But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me.
 29Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.
 36And the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.
 37And 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 Ararat: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead. (Isa. 37:20‑29,36‑38)
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Hab. 2:20• 20{i}But{/i} Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Hab. 2:20)
the enemy.
Psa. 44:16• 16Because of the voice of him who reproacheth and blasphemeth,{HR}Because of the face of the enemy and the 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. (“Psalm 8” by H. Smith)
• Satan—the Avenger (“Psalm 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.
o
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.

W. Kelly Translation

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From the mouth of children and sucklings hast thou ordained praise{HR}Becausea of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the revenger.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, the ascription of strength.