Psalms 8:2
\8:1\O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
1To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Fear and grief came on them; by the strength of your arm they were turned to stone; till your people went over, O Lord, till the people went over whom you have made yours.
1 Samuel 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.
Psalms 44:16\44:15\My downfall is ever before me, and I am covered with the shame of my face;
Psalms 57:6\57:5\O God, be lifted up higher than the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
Psalms 148:13Let them give glory to the name of the Lord: for his name only is to be praised: his kingdom is over the earth and the heaven.
Isaiah 37:20But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 8:2-3
Glory of God in His Works. 1 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 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. The psalmist here sets himself to give to God the glory due to his name. Dr. Hammond grounds a conjecture upon the title of this psalm concerning the occasion of penning it. It is said to be upon Gittith, which is generally taken for the… Read the whole commentary →