Psalms 8

1 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 and is sung by the voices of children and infants. Your strength counters your opponents, silencing the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I contemplate the heavens that your hands made, the moon and stars that you placed there,

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

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

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

7 the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,

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

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