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!

To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." A Melody of David. O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens.

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.

Out of the mouth of children and sucklings, hast thou laid a foundation of strength, —because of thine adversaries, to make foe and avenger be still.

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

When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established,

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

What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?

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

That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him?

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

Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands, —All things, shouldst have put under his feet:

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

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

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

The bird of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, — the passer-by on the paths of the seas?

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

O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth.