Psalms 8

Psalm 8

For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.

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

You have set your glory
    in the heavens.Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
    to silence the foeWhen I consider your heavens,
    the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
    which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?You have made them a little lower than the angels
    and crowned them with glory and honor.You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
    you put everything under their feet:all flocks and herds,
    and the animals of the wild,the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

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

(1)(8:1) In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
(2)(8:1) Title: Probably a musical term
(3)(8:4) Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
(4)(8:5) Or him
(5)(8:5) Or than God
(6)(8:5) Or him
(7)(8:6) Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his