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 Gittith, a psalm of David.” O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth! thou 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 founded [thy] might, because of thy opponents, that thou mightest bring to silence the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.

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

When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the 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 the mortal, that thou rememberest him? and the son of man, that thou thinkest of him:

5 For thou hast made him a little lower then God, and crowned him with glory and worship.

Yet thou hast made him but a little less than angels, and hast crowned him with honor and glory.

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

Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; every thing hast thou placed beneath his feet:

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

Flocks and herds altogether, 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 birds of heaven, and the fishes of the sea, whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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

O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth!