Psalms 8

1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

Unto the end. For the oil and wine presses. A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth! For your magnificence is elevated above the heavens.

2 From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.

3 When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded.

4 what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you visit him?

5 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,

6 You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

and you have set him over the works of your hands.

7 all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

You have subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and in addition: the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, which pass through the paths of the sea.

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

O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!