Psalms 8:1
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
2 From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
3 When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
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- BSB
- O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
- KJV
- O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- WEB
- LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!
- ASV
- O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
- DARBY
- {To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.
- BLB
- For the one directing. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O YHWH our Lord, how majestic [is] Your name in all the earth, who have set Your splendor above the heavens!
- ÅB
- Herre, vår Herre,
hvor herlig ditt navn er over hele jorden,
du som har bredt din prakt ut over himmelen! - OTB
- Herre, vår Herre,
Hvor majestetisk er ditt navn over hele jorden,
Du som har vist din prakt over himmelen! - B1930
- Herre, vår Herre, hvor herlig ditt navn er over all jorden, du som har utbredt din prakt over himmelen!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 8:9
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Read in contextPsalms 113:2–4
Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.
Read in contextPsalms 57:5
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
Read in contextPsalms 148:13
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
Read in contextExodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Read in contextPsalms 57:10–11
For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Read in contextExodus 34:5–7
And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
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