Psalm 8:3 (WEB)
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
Catechism · 1
“Jesus conquers the Daughter of Zion, a figure of his Church, neither by ruse nor by violence, but by the humility that bears witness to the truth. and so the subjects of his kingdom on that day are children and God's poor, who acclaim him as had the angels when they announced him to the shepherds.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 21:15-16; cf. Ps 8:3; Lk 19:38; 2:14.
Fathers and councils · 11
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…who said to Him, “Hearest thou what these say?” did the Lord reply, “Have ye never read, Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast Thou perfected praise?”—thus pointing out that what had been declared by David concerning the Son of God, was accomplished in His own person; and indicating that they were indeed…” — editor's note: Matt. xxi. 16; Ps. viii. 3.
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John Damascene
“For the divine David says, The moon and the stars which Thou establishedst, and by the word ‘establishedst,’ he referred to the fixity and unchangeableness of the order and series granted to them by God.” — editor's note: Ps. viii. 3.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“This Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is not circumscribed in any place, nor is He less than the heaven; but the heavens are the works of His fingers, and the whole earth is held in His grasp: He is in all things and around all.” — editor's note: Ps. viii. 3.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Let us look, O Lord, “upon the heavens, the work of Thy fingers;” clear from our eyes that mist with which Thou hast covered them.” — editor's note: Ps. viii. 3.
Read the whole comment““For I shall see Thy heavens, the works of Thy fingers” (ver. 3).” — the author cites it
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.3Book II
“And when he says elsewhere, “Because I shall see the heavens, the works of Thy fingers,” and when God said, regarding all things visible, by the mouth of His prophet, “My hand has formed all these things,” He declares that that eternal house in the…” — editor's note: Ps. viii. 3.
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Justin Martyr
“And again, when He says, ‘I shall behold the heavens, the works of Thy fingers,’ unless I understand His method of using words, I shall not understand intelligently, but just as your teachers suppose, fancying that the Father of all, the…” — editor's note: Ps. viii. 3.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Behold the whole universe; it is His work: and the heaven, and the sun, and angels, and men, are the works of His fingers.” — editor's note: Ps. viii. 3.
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Ambrose of Milan
“But those which are the works of the hands are also the works of the fingers, for it is equally written: “For I will behold Thy heavens, the works of Thy fingers, the moon, and the stars, which Thou hast established.”” — editor's note: Ps. viii. 3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For even of this I would have you know that you have only a shadow when you hear the words, “I will consider the heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars,” and the settled order therein; not as if he were considering them now, but as destined to do so hereafter.” — editor's note: Ps. viii. 3.
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Jerome
“David was certainly in doubt even as regards the appearance of the heavens:“I shall see,” he says, “the heavens, the works of Thy fingers.”” — editor's note: Ps. viii. 3.
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Cross-references · 16
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 114.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 114.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 114.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 114.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.11.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.11.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.11.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.11.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.7.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.11.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.5.