Psalms 8

1 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.

For the chief musician; set to the gittith style. A psalm of David. Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth, you who reveal your glory in the heavens above.

2 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.

Out of the mouth of babies and infants you have established praise because of your enemies, so that you might silence both the enemy and the avenger.

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

When I look up at your heavens, which your fingers have made, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

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

Of what importance is the human race that you notice them, or mankind that you pay attention to them?

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

Yet you have made them only a little lower than the heavenly beings and have crowned them with glory and honor.

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

You make him to rule over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet:

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

all sheep and oxen, and even the animals of the field,

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

the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, everything that passes through the currents of the seas.

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

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