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 ouercomere, for pressours, the salm of Dauid. Lord, thou art oure Lord; thi name is ful wonderful in al erthe. For thi greet doyng is reisid, aboue heuenes.

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.

Of the mouth of yonge children, not spekynge and soukynge mylk, thou madist perfitli heriyng, for thin enemyes; that thou destrie the enemy and avengere.

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

For Y schal se thin heuenes, the werkis of thi fyngris; the moone and sterris, whiche thou hast foundid.

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

What is a man, that thou art myndeful of hym; ethir the sone of a virgyn, for thou visitist hym?

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

Thou hast maad hym a litil lesse than aungels; thou hast corouned hym with glorie and onour,

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

and hast ordeyned hym aboue the werkis of thin hondis.

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

Thou hast maad suget alle thingis vndur hise feet; alle scheep and oxis, ferthermore and the beestis of the feeld;

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

the briddis of the eir, and the fischis of the see; that passen bi the pathis of the see.

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

Lord, `thou art oure Lord; thi name `is wondurful in al erthe.