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Psalm 8

Psa. 8:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When I consider
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
thy heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, the work
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of thy fingers
'etsba` (Hebrew #676)
something to sieze with, i.e. a finger; by analogy, a toe
KJV usage: finger, toe.
Pronounce: ets-bah'
Origin: from the same as 6648 (in the sense of grasping)
, the moon
yareach (Hebrew #3394)
the moon
KJV usage: moon. Yrechow. See 3405.
Pronounce: yaw-ray'-akh
Origin: from the same as 3391
and the stars
kowkab (Hebrew #3556)
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
KJV usage: star((-gazer)).
Pronounce: ko-kawb'
Origin: probably from the same as 3522 (in the sense of rolling) or 3554 (in the sense of blazing)
, which thou hast ordained
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 19:1• 1To the chief musician; a Psalm of David.{HR}The heavens [are] telling the glory of God,{HR}And the expanse [is] showing the work of his hands. (Psa. 19:1)
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Psa. 111:2• 2Great [are] Jehovah's works,{HR}Sought out by all delighting in them. (Psa. 111:2)
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Job 22:12• 12[Is] not God [Eloah] in the height of the heavens?{HR}And see the top of the stars, how high they are! (Job 22:12)
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Job 36:24• 24Remember that thou magnify his work,{HR}Which mortals behold; (Job 36:24)
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Rom. 1:20• 20For the invisible things of him from [the] world's creation are perceived, being understood by the works, both his eternal power and Godhead, that they might be inexcusable. (Rom. 1:20)
work.
Psa. 33:6• 6By the word of Jehovah the heavens were made,{HR}And all their host by the breath of his mouth; (Psa. 33:6)
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Gen. 1:1• 1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Gen. 1:1)
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Ex. 8:19• 19Then the scribes said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God! But Pharaoh's heart was stubborn, and he hearkened not to them, as Jehovah had said. (Ex. 8:19)
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Ex. 31:18• 18And he gave to Moses, when he had ended speaking with him on mount Sinai, the two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. (Ex. 31:18)
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Luke 11:20• 20But if by the finger of God I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you. (Luke 11:20)
moon.
Psa. 104:19• 19He made moon for seasons;{HR}Sun knoweth its down-going. (Psa. 104:19)
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Psa. 136:7‑9• 7To him that made great light;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever.
 8The sun for rule in the day;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
 9The moon and stars for rule in the night;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever. (Psa. 136:7‑9)
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Psa. 148:3• 3Praise him, sun and moon;{HR}Praise him, all ye stars of light. (Psa. 148:3)
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Gen. 1:16‑18• 16And God made the two great lights, the greater light for ruling the day, and the lesser light for ruling the night (the stars also).
 17And God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth
 18and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that [it was] good. (Gen. 1:16‑18)
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Deut. 4:19• 19and lest thou lift up thine eyes to the heavens, and see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, the whole host of heaven, and be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath assigned unto all peoples under the whole heaven. (Deut. 4:19)
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Job 25:3,5• 3Is their number to his armies?{HR}And on whom ariseth not his light?
 5Behold, to the moon, and it shineth not,{HR}And the stars are not pure in his eyes: (Job 25:3,5)
• {v.3-4} His glory is unfolded by contrasting the Son of Man with mortal man, Compared with the vast stellar universe (lit. ‘feeble,’ mortal man) man is very insignificant. (“Psalm 8” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

W. Kelly Translation

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When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,{HR}The moon and the stars which thou hast established,