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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

the sheep and the cattle, and even 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, the fish, and everything [else] that swims in the seas.

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

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