Psalms 8:1

Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth, 1 you who reveal your glory in the heavens above. 1

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In The King James Version

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

In Context

2Out of the mouth of babies and infants you have established praise + 8:2 The Hebrew text can be read either as established praise or established strength . 1 because of your enemies, 1 so that you might silence both the enemy and the avenger. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? 1 Who is like you, majestic in holiness, 1 honored in praises, doing miracles? 1

Deuteronomy 28:58If you do not keep all the words of this law that are written in this book, so as to honor this glorious and fearful name, Yahweh your God,

Psalms 8:9Yahweh our Lord, 1 how magnificent is your name in all the earth!

Psalms 57:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens; 1 let your glory be above all the earth. 1

Psalms 63:1God, you are my God! I earnestly search for you, 1 my soul thirsts for you, and my flesh longs for you, 1 in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 1

Psalms 72:17May his name endure forever; 1 may his name continue as long as the sun; 1 may people be blessed in him; 1 may all nations call him blessed. 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 →

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