Psalms 8:9
O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Psalm 9 For the Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
In Context
8The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:26There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.
Psalms 8:1O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 8:4-9
Condescension of God. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of… Read the whole commentary →