When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
All Commentaries on Psalms 8:3 Go To Psalms 8
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Fingers, as if they had been formed in play, while the Incarnation is the work of God's right hand. (Eusebius) (Calmet)
Heavens, moon, and stars, denote the Church. No mention is made of the sun, because it is the emblem of Christ, who was the Creator. (Berthier) (Apocalypse xii. 1.)
This text proves that the world was not formed by angels, as some ancient heretics asserted. David, perhaps, wrote this at night; and the sun and stars are not seen together. (Menochius)
