Psalms 8

1 For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!

For the leader: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument. Lord our God! How glorious in all the earth is your name! Your praise reaches as high as the heavens,

2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

from the mouths of children and infants. You have built a fortress against your enemies, to silence the foe and the rebel.

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set there,

4 what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

what are mortals, that you think of them, humans, that you visit them?

5 For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.

Yet you made them little less than divine, crowned them with glory and majesty,

6 You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

made them lord of the works of your hands, put all things under their feet –

7 All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

sheep and oxen, all of them; and the wild beasts also:

8 the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

birds of the air, and fish of the sea, and all that crosses the paths of the ocean.

9 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Lord our God! How glorious in all the earth is your name!