Psalm 8:9
New International Version
LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

New Living Translation
O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!

English Standard Version
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Berean Standard Bible
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

King James Bible
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

New King James Version
O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

New American Standard Bible
LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

NASB 1995
O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

NASB 1977
O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Thy name in all the earth!

Legacy Standard Bible
O Yahweh, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Amplified Bible
O LORD, our Lord, How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Christian Standard Bible
LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!

American Standard Version
O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD and Ruler, your name is wonderful everywhere on earth!

English Revised Version
O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!

Good News Translation
O LORD, our Lord, your greatness is seen in all the world!

International Standard Version
LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth!

Majority Standard Bible
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

NET Bible
O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!

New Heart English Bible
LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.

Webster's Bible Translation
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

World English Bible
Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
YHWH, our Lord, "" How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth!

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth!

Smith's Literal Translation
O Jehovah our Lord, how mighty thy name in all the earth!
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in all the earth!

Catholic Public Domain Version
O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!

New American Bible
O LORD, our Lord, how awesome is your name through all the earth!

New Revised Standard Version
O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
O LORD, our LORD, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
LORD JEHOVAH, our Lord, how glorious is your Name in all the Earth!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
O LORD, our Lord, How glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
How Majestic is Your Name!
8the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Cross References
Hebrews 2:6-8
But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? / You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor / and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.

Matthew 21:16
“Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

1 Corinthians 15:27
For “God has put everything under His feet.” Now when it says that everything has been put under Him, this clearly does not include the One who put everything under Him.

Ephesians 1:22
And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

Philippians 2:9-11
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, / that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Genesis 1:26-28
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” / So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. / God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Psalm 144:3-4
O LORD, what is man, that You regard him, the son of man that You think of him? / Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.

Psalm 113:4-6
The LORD is exalted over all the nations, His glory above the heavens. / Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high? / He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth.

Psalm 148:13
Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.

Isaiah 40:26
Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.

Job 7:17-18
What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him, / that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?

Job 25:2-3
“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven. / Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?

Psalm 104:24
How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

Psalm 19:1
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.

Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.


Treasury of Scripture

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 8:1
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.

Psalm 104:24
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

Deuteronomy 33:26
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

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O LORD
The term "LORD" in this context is derived from the Hebrew "Yahweh," the personal name of God revealed to Moses in the burning bush (Exodus 3:14). It signifies the eternal, self-existent nature of God, who is unchanging and faithful to His covenant. In a conservative Christian perspective, this name evokes reverence and awe, reminding believers of God's sovereignty and His intimate involvement in the world He created.

our Lord
The phrase "our Lord" translates from the Hebrew "Adonai," which means "master" or "sovereign." This acknowledges God's authority and dominion over His people. It is a personal declaration of allegiance and submission to God's rule. Historically, this reflects the relationship between a king and his subjects, emphasizing trust and obedience. For Christians, it underscores the personal relationship believers have with God through Jesus Christ, who is both Savior and Lord.

how majestic
The word "majestic" comes from the Hebrew "’addîr," which conveys a sense of grandeur, excellence, and nobility. It is often used to describe the splendor of kings and the awe-inspiring nature of God's creation. In the biblical context, it highlights the glory and honor due to God, whose works and character are beyond human comprehension. This inspires worship and adoration, as believers reflect on the greatness of God.

is Your name
In Hebrew culture, a name is more than a label; it represents the essence and character of a person. "Your name" refers to God's revealed character and attributes, which are displayed throughout creation and history. The name of God encompasses His holiness, love, justice, and power. For Christians, the name of God is also revealed in Jesus Christ, who embodies the fullness of God's nature (Colossians 2:9).

in all the earth
This phrase emphasizes the universal scope of God's majesty and authority. "All the earth" signifies that there is no place where God's presence and power are not evident. It reflects the biblical theme of God's sovereignty over all creation, as seen in Genesis 1, where God speaks the world into existence. For believers, this is a call to recognize God's handiwork in the natural world and to proclaim His glory to all nations, fulfilling the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20).

Verse 9. - O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the earth! The psalmist ends as he began, with excellent poetic effect, and in a spirit of intense piety. Some think that he saw in vision the complete subjugation of the whole earth to man in such sort as will only be accomplished in the "new heavens and new earth," in which Christ shall reign visibly over his people. But his words are not beyond those which are natural to one of warm poetic temperament and deep natural piety, looking out upon the world and upon man as they existed in his day. Inspiration, of which we know so little, may perhaps have guided him to the choice of words and phrases peculiarly applicable to "the Ideal of man's nature and true Representative, Christ;" and hence the many references to this psalm in the New Testament (Matthew 21:16; 1 Corinthians 15:25-28; Hebrews 2:6-8), and in this sense the psalm may be Messianic; but it is certainly not one of those, like Psalm 2. and Psalm 22, where the author consciously spoke of another time than his own, and of a Personage whom he knew only by faith. (For other examples of the recurrence at the end of a psalm of the idea wherewith it commenced, see Psalm 20:1-9; Psalm 46:1-11; Psalm 70:1-5; Psalm 103:1-22; Psalm 118:1-29; and the "Hallelujah psalms:" Psalm 106:1-48; Psalm 113:1-9; Psalm 117:1, 2; Psalm 125:1-21; 146-150.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
O LORD,
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

our Lord,
אֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ (’ă·ḏō·nê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

how
מָֽה־ (māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

majestic
אַדִּ֥יר (’ad·dîr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 117: Wide, large, powerful

is Your name
שִׁ֝מְךָ֗ (mə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

in all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the earth!
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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