Mazmur 8:9

8:9 O Lord, our Lord, ¹ 

how magnificent ²  is your reputation ³  throughout the earth! ⁴ 

Mazmur 114:7

114:7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord –

before the God of Jacob,

Mazmur 147:5

147:5 Our Lord is great and has awesome power; ⁵ 

there is no limit to his wisdom. ⁶ 

[8:9]  ¹ tn The plural form of the title emphasizes the Lord’s absolute sovereignty.

[8:9]  ² tn Or “awesome, majestic.”

[8:9]  ³ tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[8:9]  ⁴ sn Using the poetic device of inclusio, the psalmist ends the psalm the way he began it. The concluding refrain is identical to v. 1.

[147:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and great of strength.”

[147:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “to his wisdom there is no counting.”