Psalms 8

1O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

1 O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!

1To the Overseer, `On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens.

2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

2You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.

2From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

3When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;

3For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

4What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

4What <FI>is<Fi> man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

5For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

5And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

6You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;

6Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.

7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

7All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

7Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field,

8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

8The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.

8Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!

9O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

9O Lord, our Lord, how noble is your name in all the earth!

9Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth!