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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To the director: With the gittith. A song of David.
1Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful in all the earth!
It brings you praise everywhere in heaven.
2From the mouths of children and babies come songs of praise to you.
They sing of your power to silence your enemies who were seeking revenge.
3I look at the heavens you made with your hands.
I see the moon and the stars you created.
4And I wonder, “Why are people so important to you?
Why do you even think about them?
Why do you care so much about humans#8:4 people … humans Literally, “man … son of man” or “Enosh … son of Adam.” These are Hebrew ways of saying humans—descendants of Adam and Enosh.?
Why do you even notice them?”
5But you made them almost like gods
and crowned them with glory and honor.
6You put them in charge of everything you made.
You put everything under their control.
7People rule over the sheep and cattle and all the wild animals.
8They rule over the birds in the sky
and the fish that swim in the sea.
9Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth!
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