Psalms 8

1 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!

For the music director. On the gittith. A psalm of David. Lord, our Lord, your magnificent reputation fills the earth! Your majesty is greater than the heavens above,

2 From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

and is sung by the voices of children and infants. Your strength counters your opponents, silencing the enemy and the avenger.

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

When I contemplate the heavens that your hands made, the moon and stars that you placed there,

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

What are human beings that you should concern yourself with them? What are people that you should care for them?

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

You created them a little lower than God, crowning them with glory and majesty.

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

You put them in charge of all that you made, giving them authority over everything:

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

the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,

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

the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea—everything that swims in the ocean.

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

Lord, our Lord, your magnificent reputation fills the earth!