Psalms 8

1 “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.

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory above the heavens.

2 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.

Out of the mouth of babes and infants have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still 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 consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

4 What is the mortal, that thou rememberest him? and the son of man, that thou thinkest of him:

What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him?

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

For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honour.

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

You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet:

7 Flocks and herds altogether, and also the beasts of the field;

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The birds of heaven, and the fishes of the sea, whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the seas.

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

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth!