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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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section: 35 of 159
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. James Anderson, Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5, section 35. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-the-psalms-volume-5/35/"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 35. Psalm 8

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[¶0] To the chief Musician upon Hagittith. A Psalm of David

[¶1] 1 O Jehovah, our Lord! How wonderful is thy name in all the earth, To set thy glory above the heavens!

[¶2] 2 Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings Thou hast founded thy strength, because of thy adversaries, To put to flight the enemy and the avenger.

[¶3] 3 When! see thy heavens, the works of thy fingers; The moon and the stars which thou hast arranged:

[¶4] 4 What is man that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

[¶5] 5 For thou hast made him lower a little than God, And with glory and honor thou hast crowned him.

[¶6] 6 Thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: All things thou hast put under his feet.

[¶7] 7 Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also the beasts of the fields;

[¶8] 8 The fowl of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

[¶9] 9 O Jehovah, our Lord! How wonderful is thy name in all the earth!