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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;{HR}For exalted [is] his name alone,{HR}His honour above earth and heavens. (Psa. 148:13)

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Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
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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; of Asaph.{HR}Sing aloud unto God our strength,{HR}Shout aloud unto the God of Jacob. (Psa. 81:1)
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Psa. 84:1• 1To the chief musician on the Gittith; for the sons of Korah, a psalm.{HR}How lovely [are] thy tabernacles,{HR}O Jehovah of hosts! (Psa. 84:1)
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Psa. 84•  (Psa. 84)
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our.
Psa. 8:9• 9O Jehovah, our Lord,{HR}How glorious [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.{HR}O God, my God [art] thou;{HR}Early will I seek thee.{HR}For thee thirsteth my soul,{HR}For thee longeth my flesh,{HR}In a land dry and weary without water; (Psa. 63:1)
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Psa. 145:1• 1Praise: of David.{HR}I will exalt thee my God the king,{HR}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• 45{i}If therefore David call him Lord, how is he his son?{/i} (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, unto God [the] Father's glory. (Phil. 2:11)
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Phil. 3:8• 8But moreover also I count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on whose account I lost all things and count them to be refuse that I may win Christ, (Phil. 3:8)
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Rev. 19:6• 6And I heard as a voice of a great multitude, and as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of strong thunders, saying, Alleluia! for the Lord [our] God the Almighty hath reigned. (Rev. 19:6)
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Psa. 72:17‑19• 17His name shall be forever;{HR}Before the sun shall his name be continued:{HR}And they shall bless themselves in him;{HR}All nations shall call him blessed.
 18Blessed [be] Jehovah Elohim,{HR}The God of Israel alone doing wondrous things.
 19And blessed [be] the name of his glory forever;{HR}And let all the 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{HR}Henceforth and to everlasting.
 3From sun-rising unto its setting{HR}Praised be Jehovah's name.
 4High above all nations [is] Jehovah,{HR}His glory above the heavens. (Psa. 113:2‑4)
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Psa. 148:13• 13Let them praise the name of Jehovah;{HR}For exalted [is] his name alone,{HR}His honour above earth and heavens. (Psa. 148:13)
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Ex. 15:11• 11{i}Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods?{HR}Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness,{HR}Fearful in praises, doing wonders?{HR}{/i} (Ex. 15:11)
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Ex. 34:5‑7• 5{i}And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and stood beside him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.{/i}
 6{i}And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,{/i}
 7{i}keeping 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.{/i} (Ex. 34:5‑7)
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Deut. 28:58• 58{i}If 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;{/i} (Deut. 28:58)
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Song of Sol. 5:16• 16His mouth [is] most sweet;{HR}Yea he [is] altogether lovely.{HR}This [is] my beloved, yea this [is] my friend,{HR}O daughters of Jerusalem. (Song of Sol. 5:16)
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Psa. 36:5• 5O Jehovah, thy mercy [is] in the heavens,{HR}Thy truth [is] unto the clouds. (Psa. 36:5)
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Psa. 57:10‑11• 10For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens,{HR}And thy truth unto the clouds.
 11Be exalted above the heavens,{HR}O God; thy glory [be] above all the earth. (Psa. 57:10‑11)
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Psa. 68:4• 4Sing to God, sing praises to his name;{HR}Cast up a way for him that rideth in the deserts:{HR}His name [is] Jah, and exult ye before him. (Psa. 68:4)
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Psa. 108:4‑5• 4For great from above the heavens [is] thy mercy,{HR}And unto the clouds thy truth.
 5Be exalted above the heavens, O God,{HR}And thy glory above all the earth. (Psa. 108:4‑5)
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1 Kings 8:27• 27{i}But 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!{/i} (1 Kings 8:27)
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Hab. 3:3• 3God came from Teman, (Hab. 3:3)
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Eph. 4:10• 10He that descended, he it is also that ascended far 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 gave him the name that [is] above every name,
 10that in 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, guileless, 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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To the chief musician upon Gittitha ; a Psalm of David.{HR}O Jehovah our Lord, how glorious [is] thy name in all the earth!{HR}Thou who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

WK Translation Notes

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Learned men suggest, an instrument invented at Gath, or an air of the vintage festivity.