IIWAC: Psalm 8

Lord, our Lord,     how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory     in the heavens. 2 Through the praise of children and infants     you have established a stronghold against your enemies,     to silence the foe and the avenger. 3 When I consider your heavens,     the work of your fingers, the…

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IIWAC: Psalm 7

A shiggaion[b] of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite. Shiggaion [N] [H] [S] from the verb shagah, “to reel about through drink,” occurs in the title of Psalms 7 . The plural form, shigionoth, is found in Habakkuk 3:1 . The word denotes a lyrical…

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