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Psalms 8 (NET)
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Psalms 8:11O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 8:9Ps 113:2-4Ps 57:5Ps 148:13Exod 15:11Ps 57:10-11Exod 34:5-7Hab 3:3Heb 7:26Ps 145:1
Psalms 8:22From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 21:162 Cor 12:9-10Isa 40:311 Cor 1:27Ps 46:10Matt 11:25Luke 10:21Ps 44:16Ps 84:5-7Exod 15:16
Psalms 8:33When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 1:1Ps 33:6Ps 104:19Ps 111:2Ps 89:11Rom 1:20Exod 8:19Luke 11:20Deut 4:19Job 22:12
Psalms 8:44Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 7:17Ps 144:3Heb 2:6-9Ps 146:3Luke 1:682 Chr 6:18Gen 21:1Isa 51:12Job 25:6Matt 8:20
Psalms 8:55You made them a little less than the heavenly beings. You crowned mankind with honor and majesty.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 2:7Heb 2:9Gen 1:26-27Heb 2:16Phil 2:7-11Eph 1:21Ps 103:4Ps 21:3-51 Pet 1:20-21Gen 2:7
Psalms 8:66you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 1:28Gen 1:26Heb 2:8Matt 28:18Eph 1:22Gen 9:2Ps 110:11 Pet 3:221 Cor 15:24-27Heb 1:2
Psalms 8:77including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 2:20
Psalms 8:88the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 1:20-25Ps 148:10Job 38:39-39:30
Psalms 8:99O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 8:1Job 11:7Ps 104:24Deut 33:26
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