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3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-9)David here goes on to magnify the honour of God by recounting the honours he has put upon man, especially the man Christ Jesus. The condescensions of the divine grace call for our praises as much as the elevations of the divine glory. How God has condescended in favour to man the psalmist here observes with wonder and thankfulness, and recommends it to our thoughts. See here, I. What it is that le…
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