Psalms 8:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

Transliteration

lamenatsēah upon-hagittît mizmôr to-dāwid

Grammar Details

• *lamenatsēah*: preposition *le* + definite article + participle, masculine singular construct - to/for the director/conductor/chief musician
• *hagittît*: definite article + feminine noun - the Gittith (musical instrument or style)
• *mizmôr*: masculine noun, construct state - psalm/melody
• *dāwid*: proper noun - David

Word Meanings

• *lamenatsēah*: to the choirmaster/director/chief musician/overseer
• *hagittît*: the Gittith (musical instrument/tune from Gath/wine press song)
• *mizmôr*: psalm/song/melody/musical composition

Referenced Verses

• Ps 113:2-4 : 2 May the LORD’s name be praised now and forevermore! 3 From east to west the LORD’s name is deserving of praise. 4 The LORD is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky.
• Ps 8:9 : 9 O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!
• Heb 7:26 : 26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
• Ps 57:5 : 5 Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!
• Ps 148:13 : 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty extends over the earth and sky.
• Ps 57:10-11 : 10 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds. 11 Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!
• Ps 145:1 : 1 A psalm of praise, by David. I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually!
• Ps 36:5 : 5 O LORD, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds.
• Ps 81:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the gittith style; by Asaph. Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!
• Ps 84:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies!
• Ps 108:4-5 : 4 For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds. 5 Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!
• Rev 19:6 : 6 The Wedding Celebration of the Lamb Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting:“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns!
• Ps 63:1 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
• Ps 68:4 : 4 Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the LORD is his name! Rejoice before him!
• Ps 72:17-19 : 17 May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God! 18 The LORD God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! He alone accomplishes amazing things! 19 His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree!
• Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?– majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the LORD by name. 6 The LORD passed by before him and proclaimed:“The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, 7 keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”
• Deut 28:58 : 58 The Curse of Covenant Termination“If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,
• 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
• Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!
• Isa 26:13 : 13 O LORD, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.
• Hab 3:3 : 3 God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor has covered the skies, the earth is full of his glory.
• Matt 22:45 : 45 If David then calls him‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”
• John 20:28 : 28 Thomas replied to him,“My Lord and my God!”
• Eph 4:10 : 10 He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
• Phil 2:9-9 : 9 As a result God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth– 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
• Phil 3:8 : 8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ,