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