Psalms 8

1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, our Lord, How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth, Who have set Your splendor on the heavens!

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thy enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

From the mouths of infants and sucklings You have founded strength, Because of Your adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

For I see Your heavens, a work of Your fingers, [The] moon and stars that You established.

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

What [is] man that You remember him? The son of man that You inspect him?

5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor.

You make him a little lower than the gods [[or God]], And surround him with glory and majesty.

6 Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:

You cause him to rule Over the works of Your hands, You have placed all under his feet.

7 All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field;

Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field,

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatever] passeth through the paths of the seas.

Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!

9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!

YHWH, our Lord, How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth!