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Psalms 8:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! "
Psalms 8:9
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All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
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Psalms 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."
Psalms 8:2
"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."
Psalms 8:3
"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;"
Psalms 8:4
"What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest"
Psalms 8:5
"For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour."
Psalms 8:6
"Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:"
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