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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Psalms 8
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How Majestic Is Your Name!
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.#8:0 Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 81 and 84. A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
You have set Your glory
above the heavens.
2From the mouths of children and infants
You have ordained praise #8:2 Literally You have ordained strength; LXX You have prepared praise; cited in Matthew 21:16
on account of Your adversaries,
to silence the enemy and avenger.
3When I behold Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You have set in place—
4what is man that You are mindful of him,
or the son of man that You care for him?
5You made him a little lower than the angels;#8:5 Or than God or than the heavenly beings; see also LXX.
You crowned him with glory and honor.
6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands;
You have placed everything under his feet:#8:6 Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:27 and Hebrews 2:6–8
7all sheep and oxen,
and even the beasts of the field,
8the birds of the air and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
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