Psalm 8

v.2

From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

The Hebrew noun standing behind the idea of “praise” has the meaning of “strength,” sometimes interpreted as a “bulwark” against the psalmist’s enemies. That is, the praise of God rising from the lips of children and infants is more powerful than the assaults mustered by enemy forces.

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The discordant note sounded by the enemies in his creation is silenced by the praise of children (cf. Mt 21:15-16).

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v.3

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

v.4

what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

v.5

You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

v.6-8

You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: ⁷all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, ⁸the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.