Psalms 8

1 To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the avenger.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

6 Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:

Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 Sheep and oxen, all of them, and also the beasts of the field;

All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

8 The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, [whatever] passeth through the paths of the seas.

The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!