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WhenכִּיI seeאֶרְאֶהyour heavens,שָׁמֶיךָthe worksמַעֲשֵׂיof your fingers,אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָthe moonיָרֵחַand the starsוְכוֹכָבִיםthat you have established,אֲשֶׁר כּוֹנָנְתָּה
Psalms 8:3
Study it in the app“When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established,”
David looks at the stars and marvels that God cares for mortalsCreationUnder the stars, the psalmist marvels at the place God gave usPurpose
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 8:3, word by word
- I seeאֶרְאֶהere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appears- your heavensשָׁמֶיshame
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shame” appears- the worksמַעֲשֵׂיmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- of your fingersאֶצְבְּעֹתֶיetsbote
finger
Finger; also toe.
Where else “etsbote” appears- the moonיָרֵחַyareach
moon
Moon.
Where else “yareach” appears- and the starsכוֹכָבִיםchochavim
star
Star.
Where else “chochavim” appears- that you have establishedכּוֹנָנְתָּהkonanta
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “konanta” appears
The context
2From the mouth of children and of nursing infants you have founded strength because of your adversaries, to put an end to the enemy and the one who takes vengeance.
3 · This verse (above)
4what is the mortal that you remember him, and the son of man that you attend to him?