Psalms 8

1 [For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.] YHWH, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. You have put your glory upon the heavens.

To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! 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 established praise because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the 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 see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and 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 man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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

Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour.

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

Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:

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

Sheep and oxen, all of them, 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 fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, [whatever] passeth through the paths of the seas.

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

Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!