Psalms 8:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Psalms 8:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 1:20-25
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. …
Psalms 148:10
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
Job 38:39
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Job 40:15
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

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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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

5-8. God has placed man next in dignity to angels, and but a little lower, and has crowned him with the empire of the world. glory and honour--are the attributes of royal dignity (Psa 21:5; 45:3). The position assigned man is that described (Ge 1:26-28) as belonging to Adam, in his original condition, the terms employed in detailing the subjects of man’s dominion corresponding with those there use…