For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!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.For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
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… and he is Yahweh the Lord in psalm chapter 8 verse 1 and this is the english standard version oh lord our lord how majestic is your name in all the earth you have set your glory above the heavens folks you ought to write that down because there's only one god that has claimed to ever do such a thing and that is the god of the bible the god of abraham isaac and jacob is how he addresses himself what about this what about Isaiah 45 verse 18? Are you guys okay? For thus says the Lord who created the heavens, who is God, who formed the earth and made it, who has established it, who did not create it in vain, who formed it to be inhabited. I am the Lord and there is no other. And the word Lord is Yahweh. You guys know this now. Remember, every time you see that Lord in capital letters, that's his name. If you're reading the Hebrew Bible, you see his name, and it's Yah. That's his name. Yah is our God. …
And you ask them, you read that to them, you point out one, nine, four. You read that to them. And then you ask them, why do you think it is, church, my precious people, that man's massive and glorious dignity is sandwiched between your name is great, Beginning and end. And then you don't tell them. You let them do the homework. Maybe you'll tell them next time. They need to do some of this work by themselves. You need to do that. You need to ask why it is that Psalm 8, which has the most amazing statement about man's dignity, is sandwiched by, O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, beginning and end. And finally, are your people concerned with Christ? Who is he? pastor, and you take him to Hebrews 1, he is the radiance of the glory of God. We beheld his glory, glory as of the only son from the father. Big God preaching takes up big and little life issues and brings them all into connection with the glory of God. …
… You are a heart fixer and a mind regulator, a burden bearer, a heavy load sharer. Oh, Lord, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth. We bless your name. We praise your name. thank you for your name revealing your nature and how it's your nature to show up at our point of need. Oh Lord, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth. And now God, we thank you and praise you that you have spared us to see another year, a new year. We thank you and praise you for what you are up to. And now, God, we ask that you would order our steps in your word. Lead us and guide us every day. Send your anointing. Father, we pray, order our steps in your word. I'm available to be used as your instrument. So stand in my body. Take over my mind and think your faults. Take my mouth and speak, teach, and preach with power your word. …
How often has it been observed, that the Book of Psalms is a rich treasury of devotion, which the wisdom of God has provided to supply the wants of his children in all generations! In all ages the Psalms have been of singular use to those that loved or feared God; not only to the pious Israelites, but to the children of God in all nations. And this book has been of sovereign use to the Church of God, not only while it was in its state of infancy, (so beautifully described by St. Paul in the former part to the fourth chapter to the Galatians,) but also since, in the fullness of time, “life and immortality were brought to the light by the gospel.” The Christians in every age and nation have availed themselves of this divine treasure, which has richly supplied the wants, not only of the “babes in Christ,” of those who were just setting out in the ways of God, but of those also who had made good progress therein; yea, of such as were swiftly advancing toward “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” The subject of this psalm is beautifully proposed in the beginning of it: “O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy name in all the earth; who hast set thy glory above the heavens!” It celebrates the glorious wisdom and love of God, as the Creator and Governor of all things. It is not an improbable conjecture, that David wrote this psalm in a bright star-light night, while he observed the moon also “walking in her brightness;” that while he surveyed …