“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
Psalm 8:1 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth! Thou whose glory above the heavens is chanted More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on [or above] the heavens. American Standard Version (1901) O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens! Common English Bible LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth! You made your glory higher than heaven! Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. For the oil and wine presses. A Psalm of David. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm of David. |
“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
I will extol thee, my God and King, and bless thy name for ever and ever.
Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven.
Thy steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens, thy faithfulness to the clouds.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let thy glory be over all the earth!
O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.
Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides upon the clouds; his name is the Lord, exult before him!
“Who is like thee, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like thee, majestic in holiness, terrible in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have ruled over us, but thy name alone we acknowledge.
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. Selah
He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
“If you are not careful to do all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awful name, the Lord your God,
Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ
For it was fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, blameless, unstained, separated from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunderpeals, crying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.