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.

“For the leader of the music; to be accompanied with the gittith. A psalm of David.” O Jehovah, our Lord! How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thou hast set thy 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.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained praise, To put thine adversaries to shame, And 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 consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars which thou hast ordained:

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 carest for 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 little lower than God; Thou hast 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:

Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet, —

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

All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the forest;

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 fishes of the sea, And whatever passeth through the paths of the deep.

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

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