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.

For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. 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 children and sucklings, hast thou laid a foundation of strength, —because of thine adversaries, to make foe and avenger be still.

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence 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 think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for 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 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 make him ruler 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 cattle, yes, and the animals 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 birds of the sky, 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.

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