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Psalm 8: 1For the end, concerning the winepresses, a Psalm by David. O LORD, our Lord, how wonderful [is] Your Name in all the earth! For Your grandeur is raised up above the heavens. 2Out of [the] mouth of young children and nursing infants You prepared praise for Yourself {Heb., established strength}, because of Your enemies, to put down [the] enemy and avenger. [Note: This verse introduces two profound truths about divine praise: 1) Textual Nuances: Hebrew (“established strength”): Suggests God ordains infant helplessness as a weapon against His enemies (1Cor 1:27). LXX (“prepared praise”): Highlights instinctive worship from those least corrupted by human pride (Matt 21:16). 2) Christological Fulfillment: Jesus cites the LXX to defend children’s messianic praise (Matt 21:15f), proving: God’s enemies (religious leaders) failed to recognize Christ. Infants fulfilled their creational purpose (Luke 19:40). 3) Idiomatic Legacy: “Out of the mouth of babes” (KJV) now signifies unfiltered truth from the innocent (Prov 20:11). Divine irony in using the weak to shame the strong (Ps 8:2 → 1Cor 1:25). 4) Conclusion: Whether reading the Hebrew’s “strength” or the LXX’s “praise,” the core truth remains—God silences His foes through unexpected witnesses (Hab 2:11).] Matthew 21: 14And lame and blind [people] came to Him in the temple, and He healed them! 15But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous [things] which He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, “Hosanna [or, Save, we pray] to the Son of David,” they expressed indignation. 16And they said to Him, “Do You hear what these [children] are saying?” But Jesus says to them, “Yes, did you* never read, ‘Out of [the] mouth of young children and nursing infants You prepared praise for Yourself?’” [Psalm 8:2, LXX] [Note: This is the origin of the idiom, “out of the mouth of babes” (KJV), said when a child says something surprising because the statement is very wise. Here, Jesus quotes this verse from the LXX to rebuke the religious leaders opposing him, just as Psalm 8:2 does with the enemies of God, and to indicate babies instinctively praise God. In applying Psalm 8:2 to Himself, Jesus is making Himself equal to God. This quotation also shows the importance of the LXX, as it is the OT text Jesus quotes, and only the LXX’s rendering makes sense in this context.] Note: LXX is the abbreviation for Septuagint. It is a third century B.C. Greek translation of the Hebrew text. The name and abbreviation come from the tradition that 70 (or 72) Jewish scholars worked on its translation, six from each of the 12 tribes of Israel. The Analytical-Literal Translation of the Old Testament (ALT: OT) is translated from the LXX. #ALT #Bible #ALTBible #StudyVersion #Septuagint #LXX #Psalms #Matthew21 #BiblicalExegesis #GodsWord #Christology #ChristianScholarship #Theology