Psalms 8:1
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Psalms 8:1
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I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
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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.
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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.
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Verse Text
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.
לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל־הַגִּתִּית מִזְמֹור לְדָוִד׃
יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָה־אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תְּנָה הֹודְךָ עַל־הַשָּׁמָיִם׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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| 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 |
- 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.
Verse Cross-References
- how — Exodus 15:11, Exodus 34:5-7, Deuteronomy 28:58, Psalms 72:17-19, Psalms 113:2-4, Psalms 148:13
- our — Psalms 8:9, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 145:1, Isaiah 26:13, Matthew 22:45, John 20:28, Revelation 19:6
- thy — 1 Kings 8:27, Psalms 36:5, Psalms 57:10-11, Psalms 68:4, Psalms 108:4-5, Habakkuk 3:3, Ephesians 4:10, Hebrews 7:26
Reciprocal references (11): Genesis 1:17, 1 Chronicles 16:27, Nehemiah 10:29, Psalms 16:2, Psalms 57:5, Psalms 96:6, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 113:4, Psalms 135:13, Psalms 148:3, Luke 18:2
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: EXCELLENCIES, DIVINE; GLORY OF GOD
- Torrey’s: GLORY OF GOD, THE
- Nave’s: GLORY; GOD; RELIGION
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