Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 8:1, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Psalms 8:9
O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
- Psalms 113:2
Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.
- Psalms 57:5
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
- Psalms 148:13
Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
- Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Psalms 57:10
For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
- Exodus 34:5
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
- Habakkuk 3:3
God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
- Hebrews 7:26
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- Psalms 145:1
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
- Psalms 72:17
His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
- Philippians 2:9
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
More to meet God in Psalms
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.