Psalms 8:9 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ	'a.do.Nei.nu	lord<s> our	H113 →
מָֽה־	mah-	how!	H4100 →
אַדִּ֥יר	'a.Dir	majestic	H117 →
שִׁ֝מְךָ֗	Shim.Kha	[is] name your	H8034 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	in all	H3605 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 8:1
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
leads to
- Exodus 15:11
  Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 113:2–4
  Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.
- Psalms 57:5
  Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 57:10–11
  For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
Through
Job 11:7
Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
leads to
- Romans 11:33
  O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Psalms 104:24
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.
leads to
- Jeremiah 10:12
  The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Psalms 40:5
  Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Psalms 8:1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.Psalms 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.Psalms 118:12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.Psalms 57:11Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.Job 11:7Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?Psalms 104:24How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.Psalms 135:13Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.Deuteronomy 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.Nehemiah 10:29hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

Bookends: the same words open and close
Psalms 8:1
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.
ASV/WEB text; GotQuestions 'What is an inclusio?'

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