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 music director. On the gittith. A psalm of David. Lord, our Lord, your magnificent reputation fills the earth! Your majesty is greater than the heavens above,

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

and is sung by the voices of children and infants. Your strength counters your opponents, silencing 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 contemplate the heavens that your hands made, the moon and stars that you placed there,

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

What are human beings that you should concern yourself with them? What are people that you should care for them?

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

You created them a little lower than God, crowning them with glory and majesty.

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

You put them in charge of all that you made, giving them authority over everything:

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

the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,

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

the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea—everything that swims in the ocean.

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

Lord, our Lord, your magnificent reputation fills the earth!