Psalms 8

1 TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, our Lord, How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth, Who have set Your splendor on the heavens!

For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!

2 From the mouths of infants and sucklings You have founded strength, Because of Your adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

3 For I see Your heavens, a work of Your fingers, [The] moon and stars that You established.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,

4 What [is] man that You remember him? The son of man that You inspect him?

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

5 You make him a little lower than the gods [[or God]], And surround him with glory and majesty.

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

6 You cause him to rule Over the works of Your hands, You have placed all under his feet.

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

7 Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field,

All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

8 Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!

the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

9 YHWH, our Lord, How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth!

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