Psalms 8

1 To the Overseer, 'On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens.

For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.

2 From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

4 What [is] man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?

5 And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6 Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.

Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet:

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

Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;

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

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth!

O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!