Psalms 8:2
O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth! For your magnificence is elevated above the heavens.
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In Context
1Unto the end. For the oil and wine presses. A Psalm of David.
Cross References
Exodus 15:16Let fear and dread fall upon them, by the magnitude of your arm. Let them become immobilized like stone, until your people cross through, O Lord, until this, your people whom you possess, cross through.
1 Samuel 2:9He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.
Psalms 44:16They will be brought with gladness and exultation. They will be led into the temple of the king.
Psalms 57:6who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.
Psalms 148:13For his name alone is exalted.
Isaiah 37:20And now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand. And let all the kingdoms of the earth acknowledge that you alone are 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 →