Psalms 8

1 For the chief musician; set to the gittith style. A psalm of David. Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth, you who reveal your glory in the heavens above.

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O 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 babies and infants you have established praise because of your enemies, so that you might silence both the enemy and the avenger.

From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

3 When I look up at your heavens, which your fingers have made, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

4 Of what importance is the human race that you notice them, or mankind that you pay attention to them?

what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

5 Yet you have made them only a little lower than the heavenly beings and have crowned them with glory and honor.

You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You make him to rule over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet:

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

7 all sheep and oxen, and even the animals of the field,

all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, everything that passes through the currents of the seas.

the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth!

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