Psalms 8
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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
8
God’s Greatness and Man’s Worth
For the director of music. By the gittith. A song of David.
1Lord our Master,
your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth!
It brings you praise in heaven above.
2You have taught children and babies
to sing praises to you.
This is because of your enemies.
And so you silence your enemies
and destroy those who try to get even.
3I look at the heavens,
which you made with your hands.
I see the moon and stars,
which you created.
4But why is man important to you?
Why do you take care of human beings?
5You made man a little lower than the angels.
And you crowned him with glory and honor.
6You put him in charge of everything you made.
You put all things under his control:
7all the sheep, the cattle
and the wild animals,
8the birds in the sky,
the fish in the sea,
and everything that lives under water.
9Lord our Master,
your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth!
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