Psalms 8

1 [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 put your glory upon the heavens.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

2 From the lips of children and infants you have established praise, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have set in place;

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

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

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

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

You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

6 and you made him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

7 all sheep and cattle, and also the wild animals,

all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

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

the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

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

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