Psalms 8
8
PSALM 8
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician upon Gittith,
A Psalm of David.
1How excellent in all the earth,
Lord, our Lord, is thy name!
Who hast thy glory far advanc'd
above the starry frame.
2From infants' and from sucklings' mouth
thou didest strength ordain,
For thy foes' cause, that so thou might'st
th' avenging foe restrain.
3When I look up unto the heav'ns,
which thine own fingers fram'd,
Unto the moon, and to the stars,
which were by thee ordain'd;
4Then say I, What is man, that he
remember'd is by thee?
Or what the son of man, that thou
so kind to him should'st be?
5For thou a little lower hast
him than the angels made;
With glory and with dignity
thou crowned hast his head.
6Of thy hands' works thou mad'st him lord,
all under's feet didst lay;
7All sheep and oxen, yea, and beasts
that in the field do stray;
8Fowls of the air, fish of the sea,
all that pass through the same.
9How excellent in all the earth,
Lord, our Lord, is thy name!
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Tehillim (Psa) 8
8
1For the leader. On the gittit. A psalm of David:
2Adonai! Our Lord! How glorious
is your name throughout the earth!
The fame of your majesty
spreads even above the heavens!
3From the mouths of babies and infants at the breast
you established strength because of your foes,
in order that you might silence
the enemy and the avenger.
4When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and stars that you set in place —
5what are mere mortals, that you concern yourself with them;
humans, that you watch over them with such care?
6You made him but little lower than the angels,
you crowned him with glory and honor,
7you had him rule what your hands made,
you put everything under his feet —
8sheep and oxen, all of them,
also the animals in the wilds,
9the birds in the air, the fish in the sea,
whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
10Adonai! Our Lord! How glorious
is your name throughout the earth!
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