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Psalms 8:9 — King James Version← Study notes

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!


Psalms 8:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 8:97 words
HebrewMeaning
צִפּ֣וֹרṣipwōr
the birds ofnounH6833
fowl · sparrow
שָׁ֭מַיִםšāmayim
the heavensnounH8064
astrologer · heaven
וּ/דְגֵ֣יwdəgēy
and the fish ofconjH1709
הַ/יָּ֑םhayām
the seaparticleH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
עֹ֝בֵ֗רʿōbēr
that which passes throughverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
אָרְח֥וֹתʾārəḥwōt
the paths ofnounH734
path · race · rank · traveller ···
יַמִּֽיםyamiym
the seasnounH3220
) · south · west (-ern · side ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 8:9

To the end, for the wine-presses, a psalm of David himself. 1. He seems to say nothing of wine-presses in the text of the Psalm of which this is the title. By which it appears, that one and the same thing is often signified in Scripture by many and various similitudes. We may then take wine-presses to be Churches, on the same principle by which we understand also by a threshing-floor the Church. For whether in the threshing-floor, or in the wine-press, there is nothing else…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 8 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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