Psalm 8

Psalm 8

GOD’S GLORY, HUMAN DIGNITY

For the choir director: on the Gittith.^a A psalm of David.

¹Lord, our Lord,

how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!^b

You have covered the heavens with your majesty.^Ac

²From the mouths of infants and nursing babies,^d

you have established a stronghold^B

on account of your adversaries

in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.

³When I observe your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you set in place,^e

⁴what is a human being that you remember him,

a son of man^C that you look after him?^f

⁵You made him little less than God^DE

and crowned him with glory and honor.

⁶You made him ruler over the works of your hands;

you put everything under his feet:^g

⁷all the sheep and oxen,

as well as the animals in the wild,

⁸the birds of the sky,

and the fish of the sea

that pass through the currents of the seas.^h

⁹Lord, our Lord,

how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!