Psalms 8
How Majestic Is Your Name
1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 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. Parallel theme: Psalms 4:4, 44:16, 46:10, Exodus 15:16, Isaiah 40:31, Habakkuk 2:20, Matthew 11:25, 21:16, Luke 10:21, 1 Corinthians 1:27 +5
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; Parallel theme: Psalms 33:6, 89:11, 104:19, 111:2, Genesis 1:1, Exodus 8:19, 31:18, Job 22:12, Luke 11:20, Romans 1:20 +5
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Parallel theme: Psalms 80:17, 106:4, 144:3, 146:3, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Job 7:17, 25:6, Isaiah 51:12, Matthew 8:20, Luke 1:68 +5
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Glory: Hebrews 2:7, 2:9. Parallel theme: Psalms 103:4, Genesis 2:7, Ephesians 1:21, Hebrews 2:16
6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: Creation: Hebrews 1:2, 1 Peter 3:22. Parallel theme: Psalms 110:1, Genesis 1:26, 1:28, 9:2, Matthew 28:18, Ephesians 1:22, Hebrews 2:8 +4
7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; Parallel theme: Genesis 2:20
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. Parallel theme: Psalms 148:10
9 O LORDLord: יְהוָה / אֲדֹנָי (YHWH / Adonai). When 'LORD' appears in small capitals, it represents the Tetragrammaton YHWH (יְהוָה), God's personal covenant name meaning 'I AM.' When 'Lord' appears normally, it's Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), meaning 'my Lord,' emphasizing sovereignty. our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! References Lord: Psalms 8:1, 104:24. Parallel theme: Job 11:7