Psalm 8:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger. [Matt. 21:15, 16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Common English Bible

² From the mouths of nursing babies you have laid a strong foundation because of your foes, in order to stop vengeful enemies.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth! For your magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

Psalm 8:2 Cross References

Psalm 148:13

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven.

Psalm 4:4

When you are disturbed, do not sin; ponder it on your beds, and be silent. Selah

Psalm 44:16

at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations; I am exalted in the earth.”

Psalm 57:6

They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my path, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

Exodus 11:7

But not a dog shall growl at any of the Israelites—not at people, not at animals—so that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

Exodus 15:16

Terror and dread fell upon them; by the might of your arm, they became still as a stone until your people, O Lord, passed by, until the people whom you acquired passed by.

Isaiah 40:31

but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 6:3

And one called to another and said, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Amos 5:9

who makes destruction flash out against the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

Habakkuk 2:20

But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him!

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;

Matthew 21:16

and said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise for yourself’?”

Luke 10:21

At that very hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.

1 Corinthians 1:27

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

1 Samuel 2:9

He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked will perish in darkness, for not by might does one prevail.