Psalm 8

How Majestic Is Your Name

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.

1  O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
2  Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
to still 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 in place,
4  what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?

5  Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beingst
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6  You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,
7  all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8  the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

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

Psalms 8

The wonderful name of the Lord

1 Our Lord and Ruler,
your name is wonderful
everywhere on earth!
You let your glory be seent
in the heavens above.

2 With praises from childrent
and from tiny infants,
you have built a fortress.
It makes your enemies silent,
and all who turn against you
are left speechless.

3 I often think of the heavens
your hands have made,
and of the moon and stars
you put in place.

4 Then I ask, “Why do you caret
about us humans?
Why are you concerned
for us weaklings?”

5 You made us a little lower
than you yourself,t
and you have crowned us
with glory and honour.

6 You let us rule everythingt
your hands have made.
And you put all of it
under our power—

7 the sheep and the cattle,
and every wild animal,

8 the birds in the sky,
the fish in the sea,
and all ocean creatures.

9 Our Lord and Ruler,
your name is wonderful
everywhere on earth!