Psalm 8

Psalm VIII.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

O Lord our Lord,

How ^aexcellent is thy name in all the earth!

Who ^bhast set thy glory above the heavens.

^2cOut of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength

Because of thine enemies,

That thou mightest still ^dthe enemy and the avenger.

³When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy ^efingers,

The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

^4fWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him?

And ^gthe son of man, that thou visitest him?

⁵For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,

And hast crowned him with ^hglory and ^hhonour.

⁶ⁱThou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

^kThou hast put all things under his feet:

⁷All sheep and oxen,

Yea, and the beasts of the field;

⁸ⁱThe fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,

And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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