Psalms 8:1
O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory above the heavens.
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Exodus 15:11Who is like unto you, O LORD, among the gods? who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Deuteronomy 28:58If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD Your GOD;
Psalms 8:9O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth!
Psalms 57:5Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth.
Psalms 63:1O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Psalms 72:17His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
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 →