Psalms 8

1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy 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 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, because of thine adversaries, that thou mightest still 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 thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

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 thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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

5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, and crownest him with glory and honour.

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

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast 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 oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

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

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatsoever passeth 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 O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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