Psalms 8

1 To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." A Melody of David. O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens.

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of children and sucklings, hast thou laid a foundation of strength, —because of thine adversaries, to make foe and avenger be still.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established,

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

4 What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?

What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him?

5 That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him?

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

6 Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands, —All things, shouldst have put under his feet:

You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet:

7 Sheep and oxen, all of them, —yea even the beasts of the field;

All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field;

8 The bird of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, — the passer-by on the paths of the seas?

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

9 O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth.

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth!