‘But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
Psalm 8:1 - New International Version (Anglicised) Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!
I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever.
Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his splendour is above the earth and the heavens.
Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be over all the earth.
You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him – his name is the Lord.
Who among the gods is like you, Lord? Who is like you – majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?
His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
Lord our God, other lords besides you have ruled over us, but your name alone do we honour.
God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.
He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)
If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name – the Lord your God –
What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
Such a high priest truly meets our need – one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.
Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: ‘Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns.