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 leader of the music; to be accompanied with the gittith. A psalm of David.” O Jehovah, our Lord! How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thou hast set thy glory 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 mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained praise, To put thine adversaries to shame, And to silence the enemy and 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 carest for 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 little lower than God; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor.

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; 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 forest;

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

The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, And whatever passeth through the paths of the deep.

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!