--- title: "Psalms 8 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Psalms 8 with clarkes commentary commentary. 1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast th" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/8" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/8)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/8)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/8) Audio 1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent *is* thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 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.* 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all *things* under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;* 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, *and whatsoever* passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent *is* thy name in all the earth! [Psalms 7](/study/psalms/7) [Psalms 9](/study/psalms/9) ## Commentary To verse 1 The inscription to this Psalm is the following: *To the chief* *Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David*. This has been metaphrased, "To the conqueror, concerning the wine-presses;" and has been supposed to be a Psalm intended for the time of *vintage*: and as that happened about the time of the year in which it is supposed the world was created, hence there is a general celebration of those works, and of the creation, and the high privileges of man. The *Chaldee* gives it a different turn: "A Psalm of David, to be sung upon the harp, which he brought out of Gath." That the Psalm has respect to our Lord and the time of the Gospel, is evident from the reference made to [Psalms 8:2](/kjv/psalms/8/2), in [Matthew 11:25](/kjv/matthew/11/25), the express quotation of it in [Matthew 21:16](/kjv/matthew/21/16), and another reference to it in [1 Corinthians 1:27](/kjv/1-corinthians/1/27). The *fourth* and *sixth* verses are quoted [Hebrews 2:6-9](/kjv/hebrews/2/6-9). See also [1 Corinthians 15:27](/kjv/1-corinthians/15/27), and [Ephesians 1:22](/kjv/ephesians/1/22). The *first* and *second* ADAM are both referred to, and the first and second creation also; and the glory which God has received, and is to receive, through both. It relates simply to Christ and redemption. Verse [Psalms 8:1](/kjv/psalms/8/1). ***O Lord our Lord*** — יהוה אדנינו *Yehovah Adoneynu; O* *Jehovah our Prop, our Stay*, or *Support*. אדני Adonai is frequently used: sometimes, indeed often, for the word יהוה *Yehovah* itself. The root דן *dan* signifies *to direct, rule,* *judge, support*. So *Adonai* is the Director, Ruler, Judge, Supporter of men. It is well joined with *Jehovah*; this showing what God is *in himself*; that, what God is *to man*; and may here very properly refer to our Lord Jesus. ***How excellent*****is*****thy name in all the earth!*** — How illustrious is the name of Jesus throughout the world! His incarnation, birth, humble and obscure life, preaching, miracles, passion, death, resurrection, and ascension, are celebrated through the whole world. His religion, the gifts and graces of his Spirit, his people-Christians-his Gospel and the preachers of it, are everywhere spoken of. No name is so universal, no power and influence so generally felt, as those of the Saviour of mankind. Amen. ***Thy glory above the heavens.*** — The *heavens* are glorious, the most glorious of all the works of God which the eye of man can reach; but the *glory of God* is infinitely above even these. The words also seem to intimate that no power, earthly or diabolical, can *lessen* or injure that glory. The glory and honour which God has by the Gospel shall last through time, and through eternity; and of that glory none shall be able to rob him, to whom majesty and dominion are eternally due. This has been applied by some to the *resurrection* of our Lord. 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