Psalms 8

1 Yahweh, our Lord, people all over the world know that you [MTY] are very great! Your glory reaches up higher than the heavens!

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

2 You have taught little children and infants to praise you; they cause your enemies and those who try to (get revenge on/get rid of) you to be silent.

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.

3 When I look up at the sky [at night], and see the things that you have made— the moon and the stars that 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 it is amazing [to me] that [RHQ] you think about people, that you are concerned about [us] humans!

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

5 You made the angels in heaven to be only a little more important than we are; you caused us to be like kings [MET] and you gave us splendor and honor [DOU]!

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

6 You put us in charge of everything that you made; you gave us authority over all things—

Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 the sheep and the cattle, and even the wild animals,

All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

8 the birds, the fish, and everything [else] that swims in the seas.

The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 Yahweh, our Lord, people all over the world know that you [MTY] are very great!

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