Psalms 8

1 “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.

For the end, concerning the wine-presses, a Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! for thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.

2 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.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars which thou hast ordained:

For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established.

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him, And the son of man, that thou carest for him?

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 Yet thou hast made him little lower than God; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor.

Thou madest him a little less than angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour;

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

and thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet:

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

sheep and all oxen, yea and the cattle of the field;

8 The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, And whatever passeth through the paths of the deep.

the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, the [creatures] passing through the paths of the sea.

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

O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!