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Psalms 8

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1O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

6Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

7All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

8The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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Parallel translations · Psalms 8:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

KJV · King James Version (1611)

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

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

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.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

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

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Key cross-references

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 8:1.

  • Psalms 57:10

    For thy lovingkindness is great unto the heavens, And thy truth unto the skies.

  • Philippians 3:8

    Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

  • Isaiah 26:13

    O Jehovah our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

  • Psalms 113:2

    Blessed be the name of Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore.

  • Psalms 145:1

    I will extol thee, my God, O King; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

  • Psalms 72:17

    His 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 happy.

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"I will give thanks unto Jehovah with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvellous works."