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 presses: a psalm of David. O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy 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 mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.

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 thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast 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 thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest hi?

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

Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:

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

And hast set him over the works of thy hands.

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

Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.

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 fishes of the sea, that 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 thy name in all the earth!