How Majestic Is Your Name! For the choirmaster. According to Gittith (Gittith).a A Psalm of David (beloved). 1 O LORD {YHWH}, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory 2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise \You have ordained strength/b on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger. 3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, 4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? 5You made him a little lower than the angels (than God);c You crowned him with glory and honor. 6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet <1Co 15:27 and Heb 2:6–8>:d 7all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field, 8the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9O LORD {YHWH}, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! Footnotes: 1 a Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 81 and 84. 2 b Literally You have ordained strength; LXX You have prepared praise; cited in Matthew 21:16 5 c Or than God or than the heavenly beings; see also LXX. 6 d Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:27 and Hebrews 2:6–8 The Berean Annotated Bible (BAB) is the Annotated version of the Berean Standard Bible (BSB). The BAB includes over 50,000 points of emphasis using the following system: (Emphasis and Names) {Hebrew and Greek} [Alternate Manuscripts] \Literal translation/ <Measurements and Crossrefs> Second Person Plural: you⁺ your⁺ yours⁺ This version is an early draft and is now in the stage of proofing, consistency checking, and public comment. Please note that meanings for Biblical names are based on Hebrew and Greek roots and can be somewhat subjective. Feel free to Contact us with suggestions or corrections. We are still adding points of emphasis wherever helpful. |
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