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Psalm 8

Psa. 8:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
upona Gittith
Gittiyth (Hebrew #1665)
a Gittite harp
KJV usage: Gittith.
Pronounce: ghit-teeth'
Origin: feminine of 1663
, A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
our Lord
'adown (Hebrew #113)
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
KJV usage: lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with "Adoni-".
Pronounce: aw-done'
Origin: or (shortened) adon {aw-done'}
, how excellent
'addiyr (Hebrew #117)
wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful
KJV usage: excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(- ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
Pronounce: ad-deer'
Origin: from 142
d is thy name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
in all the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
! who hast set
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
thy glory
howd (Hebrew #1935)
grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance)
KJV usage: beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.
Pronounce: hode
Origin: from an unused root
above the heavens
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
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Psa. 81•  (Psa. 81)
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Psa. 84•  (Psa. 84)
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Psa. 148:13• 13Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens. (Psa. 148:13)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-9:  God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man.
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Gittith.
Psa. 81:1• 1To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob; (Psa. 81:1)
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Psa. 84:1• 1To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts! (Psa. 84:1)
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Psa. 84•  (Psa. 84)
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Psa. 8:9• 9Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! (Psa. 8:9)
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Psa. 63:1• 1A Psalm of David; when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my *God; early will I seek thee. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh languisheth for thee, in a dry and weary land without water: (Psa. 63:1)
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Psa. 145:1• 1A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will extol thee, my God, O King, and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. (Psa. 145:1)
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Isa. 26:13• 13Jehovah our God, other lords than thee have had dominion over us; by thee only will we make mention of thy name. (Isa. 26:13)
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Matt. 22:45• 45If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son? (Matt. 22:45)
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John 20:28• 28Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord and my God. (John 20:28)
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Phil. 2:11• 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to God the Father's glory. (Phil. 2:11)
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Phil. 3:8• 8But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ; (Phil. 3:8)
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Rev. 19:6• 6And I heard as a voice of a great crowd, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Hallelujah, for the Lord our God the Almighty has taken to himself kingly power. (Rev. 19:6)
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Psa. 72:17‑19• 17His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.
 18Blessed be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth wondrous things!
 19And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen. (Psa. 72:17‑19)
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Psa. 113:2‑4• 2Blessed be the name of Jehovah, from this time forth and for evermore!
 3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, let Jehovah's name be praised.
 4Jehovah is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens. (Psa. 113:2‑4)
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Psa. 148:13• 13Let them praise the name of Jehovah: for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above the earth and the heavens. (Psa. 148:13)
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Ex. 15:11• 11Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders? (Ex. 15:11)
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Ex. 34:5‑7• 5And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and stood beside him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.
 6And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah *God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
 7keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (Ex. 34:5‑7)
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Deut. 28:58• 58If thou wilt not take heed to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, to fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD; (Deut. 28:58)
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Song of Sol. 5:16• 16His mouth is most sweet: Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, yea, this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. (Song of Sol. 5:16)
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Psa. 36:5• 5Jehovah, thy loving-kindness is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. (Psa. 36:5)
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Psa. 57:10‑11• 10For thy loving-kindness is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
 11Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth! (Psa. 57:10‑11)
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Psa. 68:4• 4Sing unto God, sing forth his name; cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts: his name is Jah; and rejoice before him. (Psa. 68:4)
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Psa. 108:4‑5• 4For thy loving-kindness is great above the heavens, and thy truth is unto the clouds.
 5Be thou exalted above the heavens, O God, and thy glory above all the earth. (Psa. 108:4‑5)
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1 Kings 8:27• 27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heavens, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! (1 Kings 8:27)
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Hab. 3:3• 3+God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is full of his praise. (Hab. 3:3)
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Eph. 4:10• 10He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things; (Eph. 4:10)
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Phil. 2:9‑10• 9Wherefore also God highly exalted him, and granted him a name, that which is above every name,
 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of heavenly and earthly and infernal beings, (Phil. 2:9‑10)
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Heb. 7:26• 26For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens: (Heb. 7:26)
• Book 1, Series 1. The millennium. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• Psa. 8 is the celebration of Jehovah's millennial dominion and the glory of the Son of man in connection with, and in the mouth of, the Jewish people. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 5-18” by J.N. Darby)
• The second psalm sets forth the rejection of God’s anointed King and declares, that though rejected, He will lose none of His glories as the King. In God’s time He will be established as King in Zion. Psalms 8, however, tells us that God has yet wider glories for His Anointed; and that the rejection of Christ as King, by Israel, becomes the occasion of disclosing to us these greater glories. Not only will He be King in Zion but His dominion will extend to “all the earth”; yea, His glory will exceed the glories of earth; it will be set above the heavens. (“Psalms 8” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittithl. A Psalm of David. Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast setm thy majesty above the heavens.

JND Translation Notes

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* See also Ps. 81 and 84. A musical instrument. The word is feminine.
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Possibly imperative, it would then read, "... earth! because of which set thou," etc.