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.

Yahweh, our Lord, people all over the world know that you [MTY] are very great! Your glory reaches up higher than 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.

You have taught little children and infants to praise you; they cause your enemies and those who try to (get revenge on/get rid of) you to be silent.

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

When I look up at the sky [at night], and see the things that you have made— the moon and the stars that you have set in place—

4 What is man, say I, that thou art mindefull of him? and the sonne of man, that thou visitest him?

it is amazing [to me] that [RHQ] you think about people, that you are concerned about [us] humans!

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

You made the angels in heaven to be only a little more important than we are; you caused us to be like kings [MET] and you gave us splendor and honor [DOU]!

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

You put us in charge of everything that you made; you gave us authority over all things—

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

the sheep and the cattle, and even the wild animals,

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

the birds, the fish, and everything [else] that swims in the seas.

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

Yahweh, our Lord, people all over the world know that you [MTY] are very great!