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.

“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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flocks and herds altogether, and also 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 heaven, and the fishes of the sea, whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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

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