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.

TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, our Lord, How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth, Who have set Your splendor on 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.

From the mouths of infants and sucklings You have founded strength, Because of Your adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

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

For I see Your heavens, a work of Your fingers, [The] moon and stars that You established.

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

What [is] man that You remember him? The son of man that You inspect him?

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

You make him a little lower than the gods [[or God]], And surround him 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 cause him to rule Over the works of Your hands, You have placed all under his feet.

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

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

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

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

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

YHWH, our Lord, How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth!