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!

“To the chief musician upon Gittith, a psalm of David.” O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth! thou who hast set thy majesty above 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 founded [thy] might, because of thy opponents, that thou mightest bring to silence the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.

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 behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast established: —

4 it is amazing [to me] that [RHQ] you think about people, that you are concerned about [us] humans!

What is the mortal, that thou rememberest him? and the son of man, that thou thinkest of 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]!

Yet thou hast made him but a little less than angels, and hast crowned him with honor and glory.

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

Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; every thing hast thou placed beneath his feet:

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

Flocks and herds altogether, and also the beasts of the field;

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

The birds of heaven, and the fishes 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 Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth!