Psalms 8:1

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Psalms 8:1


← Psalms 7:17 Psalms 8:1 (KJV) Psalms 8:2 →
I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

To the chief MusicianH5329 upon GittithH1665, A PsalmH4210 of DavidH1732. O LORDH3068 our LordH113, how excellentH117 is thy nameH8034 in all the earthH776! who hast setH5414 thy gloryH1935 above the heavensH8064.


Original Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל־הַגִּתִּית מִזְמֹור לְדָוִד׃

יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָה־אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תְּנָה הֹודְךָ עַל־הַשָּׁמָיִם׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
Superscription
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֥חַ
la/m.na.Tze.ach H5329 HRd/Vprmsa to the/ choirmaster
עַֽל
'al- H5921 HR on
הַ/גִּתִּ֗ית
ha./gi.Tit H1665 HTd/Ncfsa the/ Gittith
מִזְמ֥וֹר
miz.Mor H4210 HNcmsa a psalm
לְ/דָוִֽד
le./da.Vid H1732 HR/Np of/ David
יְהוָ֤ה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp O Yahweh
אֲדֹנֵ֗י/נוּ
'a.do.Nei./nu H113 HNcmpc/Sp1cp lord(s)/ our
מָֽה
mah- H4100 HTi how!
אַדִּ֣יר
'a.Dir H117 HAamsa majestic
שִׁ֭מְ/ךָ
Shim./kha H8034 HNcmsc/Sp2ms (is) name/ your
בְּ/כָל
be./khol H3605 HR/Ncmsc in/ all
הָ/אָ֑רֶץ
ha./'A.retz H776 HTd/Ncbsa the/ earth
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
'a.Sher H834 HTr (the one) who
תְּנָ֥/ה
te.Na/h H5414 HVqv2ms/Sh set/ !
ה֝וֹדְ/ךָ֗
hod./kha H1935 HNcmsc/Sp2ms splendor/ your
עַל
'al- H5921 HR above
הַ/שָּׁמָֽיִם
ha./sha.Ma.yim H8064 HTd/Ncmpa the/ heavens
Strong's References
  • H113 — אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn, aw-done'): or (shortened) אָדֹן (ʼâdôn); from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine); lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.
  • H117 — אַדִּיר (ʼaddîyr, ad-deer'): from אָדַר (ʼâdar) H142; wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerful; excellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.
  • H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  • H1665 — גִּתִּית (Gittîyth, ghit-teeth'): feminine of גִּתִּי (Gittîy) H1663; a Gittite harp; Gittith.
  • H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד (Dâvîyd); from the same as דּוֹד (dôwd) H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
  • H1935 — הוֹד (hôwd, hode): from an unused root; grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance); beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H4210 — מִזְמוֹר (mizmôwr, miz-more'): from זָמַר (zâmar) H2167; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes; psalm.
  • H5329 — נָצַח (nâtsach, naw-tsakh'): a primitive root; also as denominative from נֶצַח (netsach) H5331; properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent; excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
  • H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
  • H8034 — שֵׁם (shêm, shame): a primitive word (perhaps rather from שׂוּם (sûwm) H7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim) H8064); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character; [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
  • H8064 — שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim, shaw-mah'-yim): dual of an unused singular שָׁמֶה (shâmeh); 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); air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
  • H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל (kôwl); from כָּלַל (kâlal) H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
  • H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה (mah); or מָ (mâ); or מַ (ma); also מֶה (meh); a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
  • H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל (ʻal) H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
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