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.

For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, 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 babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thy enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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