King James Version

Psalms 8:9

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 8:10.

יְהוָ֥הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּadoneynvlordאָדוֹןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “lord”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH113sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with 'Adoni-'.מָֽהmahhowמָהparticle, interrogative — “how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.אַדִּ֥ירadirexcellentאַדִּירadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “excellent”, the ordinary formH117wide or (generally) large; figuratively, powerfulexcellent, famous, gallant, glorious, goodly, lordly, mighty(-ier one), noble, principal, worthy.שִׁ֝מְךָ֗shimkhafameשֵׁםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “fame”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.בְּכָלbekhalin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(8-10) O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth!

World English Bible

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(8-10) O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριε ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν, ὡς θαυμαστὸν ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ;