Psalms 8:1
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth! for your magnificence is exalted above the heavens. 1
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Exodus 15:11Who is like to you among the gods, O Lord? who is like to you? glorified in holiness, marvelous in glories, doing wonders.
Deuteronomy 28:58If you will not listen to do all the words of this law, which have been written in this book, to fear this glorious and wonderful name, the Lord your God;
Psalms 8:9O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth!
Psalms 57:5which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor heed the + 57:5 Gr. poison. charm prepared skillfully by the wise. 1
Psalms 63:1Hear my prayer, O God, when I make my petition to you; deliver my soul from fear of the enemy. 1
Psalms 72:17until I go into the sanctuary of God; and so understand the latter end. 1
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 →