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; 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 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.

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 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 your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,

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

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care 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]!

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

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

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

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

All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

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

the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

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

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