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Psalm 8:9

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8:9O Lord, our Lord,20

how magnificent21 is your reputation22 throughout the earth!23

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Footnotes

  1. 20 The plural form of the title emphasizes the Lord’s absolute sovereignty.
  2. 21 Or “awesome, majestic.”
  3. 22 Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.
  4. 23 Using the poetic device of inclusio, the psalmist ends the psalm the way he began it. The concluding refrain is identical to v. 1.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord, our Lord,

how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!

NLTNew Living Translation

O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yahweh, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all of the earth!

KJV 1900King James Version

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