H.O.P.E. Devotional

This morning a young woman shared the scripture Psalm 8:2 with me. It is an amazing scripture! I included the entire Psalm and verse 2 in a few different versions, She quoted the verse to me from the NIV version.

Psalm 8

A psalm of David.

1 Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory

in the heavens.

2 Through the praise of children and infants

you have established a stronghold against your enemies,

to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you have set in place,

4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?

5 You have made them a little lower than the angels

and crowned them with glory and honor.

6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;

you put everything under their feet:

7 all flocks and herds,

and the animals of the wild,

8 the birds in the sky,

and the fish in the sea,

all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

King James Bible

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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold from the mouths of children and nursing infants to silence the enemy and the avenger.

International Standard Version

Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babies you have established strength on account of your adversaries, in order to silence the enemy and vengeful foe.

NET Bible

From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English

From the mouth of young men and boys you prepared your song, because of your enemies,

GOD'S WORD® Translation

From the mouths of little children and infants, you have built a fortress against your opponents to silence the enemy and the avenger.

King James 2000 Bible

Out of the mouth of babes and infants have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger.

Scriptures from the Heart,

Phyllis