Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Psalms 8:9

Context
NETBible

O Lord, our Lord, 1  how magnificent 2  is your reputation 3  throughout the earth! 4 

XREF

De 33:26; Job 11:7; Ps 8:1; Ps 104:24

NET © Notes

tn The plural form of the title emphasizes the Lord’s absolute sovereignty.

tn Or “awesome, majestic.”

tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

sn Using the poetic device of inclusio, the psalmist ends the psalm the way he began it. The concluding refrain is identical to v. 1.



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