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.

For the leader: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument. Lord our God! How glorious in all the earth is your name! Your praise reaches as high as 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.

from the mouths of children and infants. You have built a fortress against your enemies, to silence the foe and the rebel.

3 When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast established: —

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set there,

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

what are mortals, that you think of them, humans, that you visit them?

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

Yet you made them little less than divine, crowned them with glory and majesty,

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

made them lord of the works of your hands, put all things under their feet –

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

sheep and oxen, all of them; and the wild beasts also:

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

birds of the air, and fish of the sea, and all that crosses the paths of the ocean.

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

Lord our God! How glorious in all the earth is your name!