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.

To the Overseer, 'On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on 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.

From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-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 see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

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 rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

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

And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

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

Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.

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

Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field,

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

Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!

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

Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth!