Psalms 8

1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

1 Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!

2 From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

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.

3 When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

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

4 what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

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

5 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

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

6 You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

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

7 all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

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

8 the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

8 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 majestic is Your name in all the earth!

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