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.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy 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 sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest 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 thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

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

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast 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:

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast 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] passeth 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] thy name in all the earth!