Psalms 8:9
(8:10) O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth!
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:26There is none like unto the God of Yeshurun, who rideth to help thee upon the heavens, and in his excellency upon the skies.
Psalms 8:1“To the chief musician upon Gittith, a psalm of David.” (8:2) O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth! thou who hast set thy majesty above 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 →