Psalms 8

1 For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.

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 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

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

3 When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

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

4 What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?

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

5 Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

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

6 Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet:

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

7 Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;

the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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

9 O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

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