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.

To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David. O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

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.

You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

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 see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

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 keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

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

For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

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

You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

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

All sheep and oxen, and all 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, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

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

O Lord, our Lord, how noble is your name in all the earth!