Psalms 8:1
Unto the end. For the oil and wine presses. A Psalm of David.
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Exodus 15:11Who is like you in strength, O Lord? Who is like you: magnificent in sanctity, terrible and yet praiseworthy, accomplishing miracles?
Deuteronomy 28:58If you will not keep and do all the words of this law, which have been written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name, that is, the Lord your God,
Psalms 8:9the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, which pass through the paths of the sea.
Psalms 57:5Their fury is similar to that of a serpent; it is like a deaf asp, who even blocks her ears,
Psalms 63:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
Psalms 72:17until I may enter into the Sanctuary of God, and understand it to its last part.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 8:1
This psalm is a solemn meditation on, and admiration of, the glory and greatness of God, of which we are all concerned to think highly and honourably. It begins and ends with the same acknowledgment of the transcendent excellency of God's name. It is proposed for proof ( ver. 1 ) that God's name is excellent in all the earth, and then it is repeated as proved (with a "quod erat demonstrandum"—which was to be demonstrated) in the last verse . For the proof of God's glory the psalmist gives instances of his goodness… Read the whole commentary →