Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Parallel translations
- KJV O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
- BSB O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
- NKJV O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
- NASB ¶Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
- NLT O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
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Quick answer
The psalm closes by repeating that God's name is majestic in all the earth. All reflection on man and creation returns to the praise of God.
Overview
The refrain that opened the psalm now closes it, framing the meditation on humanity within worship of God. The point is not human greatness for its own sake but the majesty of the Creator who so honors His creatures. True wonder at our place in creation leads back to glorifying God, whose name is exalted over all.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Ps 8:1For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
- Ps 104:24Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
- Job 11:7“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
- Deut 33:26“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
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