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| Psalm 8 | |
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| "O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!" | |
 Psalm 8 in a Hebrew Psalter from the 13th century, with annotations | |
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| Text | by David |
| Language | Hebrew (original) |
Psalm 8 is the eighth psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning and ending in English in the King James Version (KJV): "O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!". In Latin, it is known as "Domine Dominus noster".[1] Its authorship is traditionally assigned to King David. Like Psalms 81 and 84, this psalm opens with a direction to the chief musician to perform upon the gittith, which either refers to a musical instrument, a style of performance, or alludes to persons and places in biblical history.
Commentator Cyril Rodd describes this as a "well-known and greatly loved psalm ... usually classified as a hymn".[2] It forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has often been set to music, and has inspired hymns such as "For the Beauty of the Earth" and "How Great Thou Art".
- ^ "Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 8". Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
- ^ Rodd, C. S., 18. Psalms in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary Archived 2017-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, p. 369