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1To 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.
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O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. …
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)The psalmist here sets himself to give to God the glory due to his name. Dr. Hammond grounds a conjecture upon the title of this psalm concerning the occasion of penning it. It is said to be upon Gittith , which is generally taken for the tune, or musical instrument, with which this psalm was to be sung; but he renders it upon the Gittite , that is, Goliath the Gittite , whom he vanquished and sle…
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