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
8
Yahweh’s Glory in Creation
For the music director, on the Gittith.#Meaning uncertain A psalm of David.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth,
who put your splendor above the heavens.
2From the mouth of children and infants you have founded#Or “ordained” strength
on account of your enemies,
to silence the enemy and the avenger.
3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars which you set in place—
4what is a human being that you think of him?
and a child of humankind that you care for him?
5And you made him a little lower than heavenly beings,#Or “than God”
and with glory and with majesty you crowned him.
6You make him over the works of your hands;
all things you have placed under his feet:
7sheep and cattle, all of them,
and also the wild animals of the field,
8the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea,
everything that passes along the paths of seas.
9Yahweh, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all of the earth!
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