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Psalms 8:9

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O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
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  1. Psalms 8:1Rank 1 from verse 9
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    1O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

  2. Job 11:7Rank 2 from verse 9
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    7Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?

  3. Psalms 104:24Rank 3 from verse 9
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    24O Lord, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.

  4. Deuteronomy 33:26Rank 4 from verse 9
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    26There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

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Psalms 8:9

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Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

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name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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earth

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Sense 1: The world in distinction from heaven. Sense 2: Dry land, ground, soil, or dust. Sense 3: A land, region, or its inhabitants.

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8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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