Chapter 8

To the chief Musician¹⁸ upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set³ thy glory above the heavens.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings⁶ hast thou ordained¹⁴ strength because of thine enemies,⁶ that thou mightest still⁵³ the enemy⁶ and the avenger.¹⁰²

When I consider⁴ thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;³¹

What is man, that thou art mindful⁴ of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest⁴ him?

For thou hast made him a little lower¹⁷ than the angels, and hast crowned¹⁷ him with glory and honour.

Thou madest him to have dominion⁵⁵ over the works of thy hands; thou hast put¹ all [things] under his feet:

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through⁶ the paths of the seas.

O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!