the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Psalms 8:1
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O Yahweh, our Lord,How majestic is Your name in all the earth,Who displays Your splendor above the heavens!
For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Lord , our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!O God our Lorde, howe excellent is thy name in all the earth? for that thou hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.
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.To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. [fn] A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord,How excellent is Your name in all the earth,Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
To the chief musician, on the harp. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth; You have set Your glory above the heavens!
To the director: With the gittith. A song of David.
Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful in all the earth! It brings you praise everywhere in heaven.<
[To the chiefe Musicion vpon Gittith, a Psalme of Dauid.] O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.
O Lorde oure gouernoure: how wonderfull is thy name in all the worlde? how excellent is thy glory aboue the heauens?
A David Psalm
God , brilliant Lord, yours is a household name.For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, our Lord, How excellent is your name in all the earth, Who has set your glory on the heavens!
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David.
O Lord , our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!(A psalm by David for the music leader.)
Our Lord and Ruler, your name is wonderful everywhere on earth! You let your glory be seen in the heavens above.For the leader. On the gittit. A psalm of David:
To him that excelleth on Gittith. A Psalme of Dauid. O lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde! which hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.
O LORD, our LORD, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thou hast set thy glory upon the heavens.
O LORD, our Lord, How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth! You have displayed Your splendor above the heavens.
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For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.
O Lord , our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.O Lord, our Lord, how great is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your shining-greatness above the heavens.
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! for thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.
For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory upon the heavens.
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
To the leader: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Lord , our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.<Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David.> (8-2) O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.
For the music director, on the Gittith. A psalm of David.
Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who put your splendor above the heavens.To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Lord , our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, You who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
For the director of music. On the gittith. A psalm of David.
Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth! It brings you praise in heaven above.O Lord , our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world! Your praise reaches up to the heavens;
For the choir director: on the Gittith. A Davidic psalm.
Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.The title of the eiythe salm. To the ouercomere, for pressours, the salm of Dauid. Lord, thou art oure Lord; thi name is ful wonderful in al erthe. For thi greet doyng is reisid, aboue heuenes.
To the Overseer, `On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens.
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth! Thou whose glory above the heavens is chanted
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
our: Psalms 8:9, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 145:1, Isaiah 26:13, Matthew 22:45, John 20:28, Philippians 2:11, Philippians 3:8, Revelation 19:6
how: Psalms 72:17-19, Psalms 113:2-4, Psalms 148:13, Exodus 15:11, Exodus 34:5-7, Deuteronomy 28:58, Song of Solomon 5:16
thy: Psalms 36:5, Psalms 57:10, Psalms 57:11, Psalms 68:4, Psalms 108:4, Psalms 108:5, 1 Kings 8:27, Habakkuk 3:3, Ephesians 4:10, Philippians 2:9, Philippians 2:10, Hebrews 7:26
Reciprocal: Genesis 1:17 - General 1 Chronicles 16:27 - Glory Nehemiah 10:29 - the Lord Psalms 16:2 - thou hast Psalms 57:5 - above Psalms 96:6 - Honour Psalms 110:1 - The Lord Psalms 113:4 - his glory Psalms 135:13 - Thy name Psalms 148:3 - sun Luke 18:2 - which
Cross-References
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord , and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the Lord remembered her.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
O Lord our God,.... Jehovah, the one God, who is Lord of all angels and men, and in an especial manner Lord and King of saints;
how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! by the "name" of God is not meant any particular name of his, by which he is called; but either himself, his nature and perfections; or rather that by which he is made known, and particularly his Gospel; see John 17:6; this is excellent in its nature, it being good news, and glad tidings of good things, which display the love, grace, mercy, and kindness of God to men, as well as his wisdom, power, truth, and faithfulness; and in the subject matter of it, Christ and his righteousness, and life and salvation by him, the spiritual blessings of grace it publishes, and the exceeding great and precious promises it contains; and in its usefulness for the enlightening, quickening, and converting sinners, and for the comforting and reviving of drooping saints. It is the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, and excels the law in glory. It cannot well be said how glorious it is; it is marvellously excellent; and that "in all the earth", being carried by the apostles, who were sent by Christ with it, into all the world; where it has shone out, and appeared gloriously to Gentiles as well as Jews. This clause shows that this is said by David prophetically of Gospel times; for not in his time, nor in any period under the Old Testament, was the name of the Lord glorious and excellent in all the earth. His name was great in Israel, but not in all the world. He showed his word, and gave his statutes and ordinances to Jacob; but as for the Gentiles, they were without them, and were strangers to the covenants of promise,
Psalms 76:1; but this was true of the first times of the Gospel; and will be still more fully accomplished when the prophecies in Malachi 1:11; shall be fulfilled;
who hast set thy glory above the heavens: meaning his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, the brightness of his glory; in whom is all the fulness of the Godhead, the glory of all the divine perfections; so called
Psalms 63:2; and the setting of him above the heavens designs the exaltation of him at the right hand of God; where angels, principalities, and powers, became subject to him, and he was made higher than the heavens, Hebrews 7:26. And it was in consequence, and by virtue of this, that the Gospel was spread throughout the earth; for upon Christ's exaltation the Spirit was poured down upon the apostles, and they were endowed with girls qualifying them to carry the Gospel into each of the parts of the world.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
O Lord - Hebrew, יהוה Yahweh. It is an address to God by his chosen and special title, Exodus 3:14. Compare the notes at Isaiah 1:2.
Our Lord - The word used here - אדני 'âdônay - means properly master, lord, ruler, owner, and is such a title as is given to an owner of land or of slaves, to kings, or to rulers, and is applied to God as being the ruler or governor of the universe. The meaning here is, that the psalmist acknowledged Yahweh to be the rightful ruler, king, or master of himself and of all others. He comes before him with the feeling that Yahweh is the universal ruler - the king and proprietor of all things.
How excellent is thy name - How excellent or exalted art thou - the name being often used to denote the person. The idea is,” How glorious art thou in thy manifested excellence or character.”
In all the earth - In all parts of the world. That is, the manifestation of his perfect character was not confined to any one country, but was seen in all lands, and among all people. In every place his true character was made known through His works; in every land there were evidences of his wisdom, his greatness, his goodness, his condescension.
Who hast set thy glory above the heavens - The word used here, and rendered “hast set,” is in the imperative mood - תנה tenâh - give; and it should probably have been so rendered here, “which thy glory give thou;” that is, “which glory of thine, or implied in thy name, give or place above the heavens.” In other words, let it he exalted in the highest degree, and to the highest place, even above the heavens on which he was gazing, and which were in themselves so grand, Psalms 8:3. It expresses the wish or prayer of the writer that the name or praise of God, so manifest in the earth, might be exalted in the highest possible degree - be more elevated than the moon and the stars - exalted and adored in all worlds. In His name there was such intrinsic grandeur that he desired that it might be regarded as the highest object in the universe, and might blaze forth above all worlds. On the grammatical construction of this word - תנה tenâh - see an article by Prof. Stuart, in the Bibliotheca Sacra, vol. ix. pp. 73-77. Prof. Stuart supposes that the word is not formed from נתן nâthan - to give, as is the common explanation, but from תנה tânâh - to give presents, to distribute gifts, Hosea 8:9-10, and that it should be rendered, Thou who diffusest abroad thy glory over the heavens.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM VIII
The glory and excellence of God manifested by his works, 1, 2;
particularly in the starry heavens, 3;
in man, 4;
in his formation, 5;
and in the dominion which God has given him over the earth, the
air, the sea, and their inhabitants, 6-8:
in consequence of which God's name is celebrated over all the
earth, 9.
NOTES ON PSALM VIII
The inscription to this Psalm is the following: To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. This has been metaphrased, "To the conqueror, concerning the wine-presses;" and has been supposed to be a Psalm intended for the time of vintage: and as that happened about the time of the year in which it is supposed the world was created, hence there is a general celebration of those works, and of the creation, and the high privileges of man. The Chaldee gives it a different turn: "A Psalm of David, to be sung upon the harp, which he brought out of Gath." That the Psalm has respect to our Lord and the time of the Gospel, is evident from the reference made to Psalms 8:2, in Matthew 11:25, the express quotation of it in Matthew 21:16, and another reference to it in 1 Corinthians 1:27. The fourth and sixth verses are quoted Hebrews 2:6-9. See also 1 Corinthians 15:27, and Ephesians 1:22. The first and second ADAM are both referred to, and the first and second creation also; and the glory which God has received, and is to receive, through both. It relates simply to Christ and redemption.
Verse Psalms 8:1. O Lord our Lord — יהוה אדנינו Yehovah Adoneynu; O Jehovah our Prop, our Stay, or Support. אדני Adonai is frequently used: sometimes, indeed often, for the word יהוה Yehovah itself. The root דן dan signifies to direct, rule, judge, support. So Adonai is the Director, Ruler, Judge, Supporter of men. It is well joined with Jehovah; this showing what God is in himself; that, what God is to man; and may here very properly refer to our Lord Jesus.
How excellent is thy name in all the earth! — How illustrious is the name of Jesus throughout the world! His incarnation, birth, humble and obscure life, preaching, miracles, passion, death, resurrection, and ascension, are celebrated through the whole world. His religion, the gifts and graces of his Spirit, his people-Christians-his Gospel and the preachers of it, are everywhere spoken of. No name is so universal, no power and influence so generally felt, as those of the Saviour of mankind. Amen.
Thy glory above the heavens. — The heavens are glorious, the most glorious of all the works of God which the eye of man can reach; but the glory of God is infinitely above even these. The words also seem to intimate that no power, earthly or diabolical, can lessen or injure that glory. The glory and honour which God has by the Gospel shall last through time, and through eternity; and of that glory none shall be able to rob him, to whom majesty and dominion are eternally due. This has been applied by some to the resurrection of our Lord. He rose from the dead, and ascended above all heavens; and by these his glory was sealed, his mission accomplished, and the last proof given to his preceding miracles.
