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 chief musician; set to the gittith style. A psalm of David. Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth, you who reveal your glory in the heavens above.

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 babies and infants you have established praise because of your enemies, so that you might silence both 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 look up at your heavens, which your fingers have made, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

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

Of what importance is the human race that you notice them, or mankind that you pay attention to them?

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

Yet you have made them only a little lower than the heavenly beings and have crowned them with glory and honor.

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

You make him to rule 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, and even the animals of the field,

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

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, everything that passes through the currents of the seas.

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

Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth!