Psalms 8

1 To him that excelleth on Gittith. A Psalme of Dauid. O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde! which hast set thy glory aboue the heauens.

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.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and suckelings hast thou ordeined strength, because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemie and the auenger.

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

3 When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the starres which thou hast ordeined,

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

4 What is man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne 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 For thou hast made him a little lower then God, and crowned him with glory and worship.

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

6 Thou hast made him to haue dominion in the workes of thine hands: thou hast put all things vnder his feete:

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

7 All sheepe and oxen: yea, and the beastes of the fielde:

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

8 The foules of the ayre, and the fish of the sea, and that which passeth through the paths of the seas.

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

9 O Lord our Lord, howe excellent is thy Name in all the world!

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