Psalms 8:1 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 8:1

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

KJV

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WEB

O 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!

YLT

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.

DBT

Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Messianic PsalmsSon of Man dominion — Heb 2:6-9 applies to Christ.

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39 verses on the floor

Psalms 57:5
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
Psalms 8:9
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Psalms 113:2–4
Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore.
Psalms 148:13
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

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) 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 to man; for God's goodness is his glory.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

But this looks further, to the gospel of Christ, by which the name of God, as it is notified by divine revelation, which before was great in Israel only, came to be so in all the earth, the utmost ends of which have thus been made to see God's great salvation, Mark xvi. How much more brightly it shines in the upper world: Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

thy name--perfections (Ps 5:11; 7:17). who hast set--literally, "which set Thou Thy glory," &c., or "which glory of Thine set Thou," &c., that is, make it more conspicuous as if earth were too small a theater for its display.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

In - Not only in Israel, but among all nations. Which shews that this psalm speaks of the Messiah, and the times of the New Testament. Heavens - Where thy throne of glory is established, where the blessed angels celebrate thy praises, where Christ sitteth at thy right hand in glorious majesty, from whence he poureth down excellent gifts upon babes.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Inclusio Psalms 8:9
PERICOPE. Full-line verbatim inclusio: 'O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!' opens (v.1) and closes (v.9) the psalm. Floor-grade.
ASV/WEB text; GotQuestions 'What is an inclusio?'

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