PSA 8:1 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) A song by David for the choir director egbalesen of stringed instrument.[fn]
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8:0 In Hebrew, Gitit instrument and if laheng naa.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT For the chief musician; set to the gittith style. A psalm of David.
 ⇔ Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth,
⇔ you whose splendor is bestowed on the heavens.

UST Our Lord Yahweh, people all over the world know how impressive you are!
⇔ You have made the sky show everyone how grand you are every time anyone looks at it!

BSB For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.[fn] A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ O LORD, our Lord,
⇔ how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
 ⇔ You have set Your glory
⇔ above the heavens.

8:1 Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 81 and 84.

OEB For the leader: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.
 ⇔ Lord our God!
⇔ How glorious in all the earth is your name!
 ⇔ Your praise reaches as high as the heavens,

WEB For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
 ⇔ Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
⇔ You have set your glory above the heavens!

WMB For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
 ⇔ LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
⇔ You have set your glory above the heavens!

NET For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David.
 ⇔ O Lord, our Lord,
 ⇔ how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!
 ⇔ You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, our Lord,
How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth,
Who have set Your splendor on the heavens!

FBV For the music director. On the gittith. A psalm of David.
 ⇔ Lord, our Lord, your magnificent reputation[fn] fills the earth! Your majesty is greater than the heavens above,

8:1 Literally, “name.” In Hebrew thought name was a description of reputation and character.

T4T Yahweh, our Lord, people all over the world know that you [MTY] are very great!
⇔ Your glory reaches up higher than the heavens!

LEB • is your name in all the earth, who put your splendor above the heavens.

BBE To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.
 ⇔ O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

MOF From the Choirmaster’s collection. Set to a vintage melody. A song of David.
 ⇔ O thou Eternal One, our Lord,
⇔ what majesty is thine o’er all the world!

JPS (8-1) For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. (8-2) O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.

ASV For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ O Jehovah, our Lord,
 ⇔ How excellent is thy name in all the earth,
 ⇔ Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

DRA Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm of David.

YLT To the Overseer, 'On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens.

DBY To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

RV For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory upon the heavens.

WBS To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

KJB To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
(To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy/your name in all the earth! who hast set thy/your glory above the heavens. )

BB To the chiefe musition vpon Gittith, a psalme of Dauid. O God our Lorde, howe excellent is thy name in all the earth? for that thou hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.
(To the chiefe musition upon Gittith, a psalme of Dauid. O God our Lord, how excellent is thy/your name in all the earth? for that thou/you hast set thy/your glory above the heavens.)

GNV To him that excelleth on Gittith. A Psalme of Dauid. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde! which hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.
(To him that excelleth on Gittith. A Psalme of Dauid. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy/your Name in all the world! which hast set thy/your glory above the heavens. )

CB O Lorde oure gouernoure: how wonderfull is thy name in all the worlde? how excellent is thy glory aboue the heauens?
(O Lord our gouernoure: how wonderfull is thy/your name in all the world? how excellent is thy/your glory above the heavens?)

WYC The title of the eiythe salm. To the ouercomere, for pressours, the salm of Dauid.
(The title of the eiythe salm. To the overcomere, for pressours, the salm of Dauid.)

LUT Ein Psalm Davids, vorzusingen auf der Githith.
(Ein Psalm Davids, vorzusingen on the Githith.)

CLV In finem, pro torcularibus. Psalmus David.[fn]
(In finem, pro torcularibus. Psalmus David.)

8.1 In finem, pro torcularibus, etc. Pro torcularibus, id est, Ecclesiis, etc., usque ad animæ in requiem emanant.

8.1 In finem, pro torcularibus, etc. Pro torcularibus, id it_is, Ecclesiis, etc., usque to animæ in requiem emanant.

BRN For the end, concerning the wine-presses, a Psalm of David.

BrLXX Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυίδ.
( Eis to telos, huper tōn laʸnōn, psalmos tōi Dawid. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

שִׁ֭מְ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director on/upon the,gittith psalm of,David )

Yahweh’s “name” represents his reputation. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “your reputation” or “your fame”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠כָל־ הָ⁠אָ֑רֶץ

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director on/upon the,gittith psalm of,David )

Here, earth represents all the people in the world. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to all people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּנָ֥⁠ה ה֝וֹדְ⁠ךָ֗ עַל־הַ⁠שָּׁמָֽיִם

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director on/upon the,gittith psalm of,David )

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “you who bestow your splendor on the heavens”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּנָ֥⁠ה ה֝וֹדְ⁠ךָ֗ עַל־הַ⁠שָּׁמָֽיִם

(Some words not found in UHB: for_the,director on/upon the,gittith psalm of,David )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of splendor, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “you show in the heavens how splendid you are”

Parallel PSA 8:1