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Psalms 8:1
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Psalms 8:1
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For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.
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LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.
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Psalms 8:1 in Other Translations
KJV
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O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
ESV
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O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
NLT
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O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.
MSG
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God, brilliant Lord, yours is a household name.
CSB
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Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.
Psalms 8:1 In-Context
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LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.
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Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
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what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
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You have made them a little lower than the angelsand crowned them with glory and honor.
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1 Chronicles 16:10
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Exodus 15:11
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Luke 2:9
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Psalms 57:5
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Psalms 108:5
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Psalms 113:4
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Psalms 148:13
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Habakkuk 3:3
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[a].
In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
[b].
Title: Probably a musical term
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