Psalms 8

1 For the leader: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument. Lord our God! How glorious in all the earth is your name! Your praise reaches as high as the heavens,

[For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.] Jehovah, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. You have put your glory upon the heavens.

2 from the mouths of children and infants. You have built a fortress against your enemies, to silence the foe and the rebel.

From the lips of children and infants you have established praise, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set there,

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have set in place;

4 what are mortals, that you think of them, humans, that you visit them?

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

5 Yet you made them little less than divine, crowned them with glory and majesty,

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

6 made them lord of the works of your hands, put all things under their feet –

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

7 sheep and oxen, all of them; and the wild beasts also:

all sheep and cattle, and also the wild animals,

8 birds of the air, and fish of the sea, and all that crosses the paths of the ocean.

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

9 Lord our God! How glorious in all the earth is your name!

Jehovah, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.