Psalms 8:9
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
KJV
volucres cæli, et pisces maris qui perambulant semitas maris.
Vulgate
τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας τῆς θαλάσσης, τὰ διαπορευόμενα τρίβους θαλασσῶν.
LXX
O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
ASV
צִפּ֣וֹר שָׁ֭מַיִם וּ/דְגֵ֣י הַ/יָּ֑ם עֹ֝בֵ֗ר אָרְח֥וֹת יַמִּֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
דְּגֵ֥י
dgy
noun · 17×
ה
h
noun · 393×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
צִּפֹּ֣ר
tspr
noun · 39×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! David celebrates the glory of God as displayed in the heavens and in the dignity bestowed upon man. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings God has ordained strength — Christ quotes these words against the scribes and Pharisees. The dominion over creation given to man finds its true fulfillment in Christ, the second A…
Cross-references
- Job 11:7 — Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
- Ps 8:1 — O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Ps 8:1 — O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
- Ps 57:11 — Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth.
- Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
- Ps 118:12 — They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
- Ps 135:13 — Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
- Ps 148:13 — Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.