Psalms 8

Treated in 7 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 8:3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 3
  • 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? 3
  • 8:6 Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: 2

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The General Deliverance cites Psalm 8:6

    …the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.” (Psalm 8:6.) So that man was God’s vicegerent upon earth, the prince and governor of this lower worl…

  2. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    What is Man? cites Psa. 8:4

    Sermon 109 What is Man? “What is man?” Psa. 8:4. 1. Nay, what am I? With God’s assistance, I would consider myself. Here is a curious mac…

  3. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    What is Man? cites Psalm 8:3

    …ven, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man?” Psalm 8:3, 4. How often has it been observed, that the Book of Psalms is a rich treasury of devotio…

  4. The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Scripturalness of This Life cites Psalms 8:6

    …om your own weakness, and, putting your case into His hands, trust Him to deliver you. In Psalms 8:6, the text tells us that God made man to “ have dominion over the works of your hands; you…

  5. The Way Into the Holiest · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    What Is Man? cites Psalm viii. 4

    …Scripture, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him?" (Psalm cxliv. 3; Job vii. 17, 20; Psalm viii. 4; Heb. ii. 6.) Yet it is an undeniable fact that God is mindful of man, and that he does v…

  6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Psa 8: 3

    …deeming there was shedding of blood. 1 Pet 1: 19. Creation was the work of God’s fingers, Psa 8: 3, redemption was the work of his arm. Luke 1: 51. In creation, God gave us ourselves; in t…

  7. Our Daily Walk · Frederick Brotherton Meyer

    March cites Psa 8:3-4

    …What is man, that Thou art mindful of him, and the son of man, that Thou visitest him?”-- Psa 8:3-4. A CERTAIN writer ridiculed the idea that the Almighty Ruler, who inhabits the stellar sp…