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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 8 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, a Psalm of David. Some think this psalm was composed when the ark was brought to the house of Obededom the Gittite; and that it was delivered to him and his sons, as others were to Asaph, to Jeduthun, to the sons of Korah, c. (l). But against this lies a strong objection, that Obededom and his sons were porters, and not singers, 1...
John Gill
O Lord our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! The psalm ends with the same words with which it begins; which shows that the sense of this, with which the psalmist was affected, continued with him, and doubtless increased, after such a confirmation of it, by the instances he was led to take notice of. [See comments on Psalms 8:1].
Matthew Henry
This psalm is a solemn meditation on, and admiration of, the glory and greatness of God, of which we are all concerned to think highly and honourably. It begins and ends with the same acknowledgment of the transcendent excellency of God's name. It is proposed for proof (ver. 1) that God's name is excellent in all the earth, and then it is repeated as proved (with a "quod erat demonstrandum"—which...
Charles H. Spurgeon
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thus does the psalmist finish as he began the psalm, by praising the name of the Lord. This exposition consisted of readings from Psa_6:8.