Psalm 8–9

How Majestic Is Your Name

8To the choirmaster: according to The ^pGittith.¹ A Psalm of David.

¹O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your ^qname in all the earth!

You have set your ^rglory above the heavens.

^2sOut of the mouth of babies and infants,

you have established ^tstrength because of your foes,

to still ^uthe enemy and the avenger.

³When I ^vlook at your heavens, the work of your ^wfingers,

the moon and the stars, ^xwhich you have set in place,

^4ywhat is man that you are ^zmindful of him,

and ^athe son of man that you ^bcare for him?

⁵Yet you have made him a little lower than ^cthe heavenly beings²

and crowned him with ^dglory and honor.

⁶You have given him ^edominion over the works of your hands;

^fyou have put all things under his feet,

⁷all sheep and oxen,

and also the beasts of the field,

⁸the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,

whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

⁹O Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds

9¹ To the choirmaster: according to Muth-labben.² A Psalm of David.

¹I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;

I will recount all of your ^gwonderful deeds.

²I will be glad and ^hexult in you;

I will ⁱsing praise to your name, ^jO Most High.

³When my enemies turn back,

they stumble and perish before³ your presence.

⁴For you have ^kmaintained my just cause;

you have ^lsat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

⁵You have ^mrebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;

you have ⁿblotted out their name forever and ever.

⁶The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;

their cities you rooted out;

the very memory of them has perished.

⁷But the Lord sits enthroned forever;

he has established his throne for justice,

⁸and he ^ojudges the world with righteousness;

he ^pjudges the peoples with uprightness.

⁹The Lord is ^qa stronghold for ^rthe oppressed,

a stronghold in ^stimes of trouble.

¹⁰And those who ^tknow your name put their trust in you,

for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

¹¹Sing praises to the Lord, who ^usits enthroned in Zion!

Tell among the peoples his ^vdeeds!

¹²For he who ^wavenges blood is mindful of them;

he ^xdoes not forget the cry of the afflicted.

^13yBe gracious to me, O Lord!

See my affliction from those who hate me,

O you who lift me up from ^zthe gates of death,

¹⁴that I may recount all your praises,

that in the gates of ^athe daughter of Zion

I may ^brejoice in your salvation.

¹⁵The nations have sunk in ^cthe pit that they made;

in ^dthe net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

¹⁶The Lord has made himself ^eknown; he has executed judgment;

the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.⁴ Selah

¹⁷The wicked shall ^freturn to Sheol,

all the nations that ^gforget God.

¹⁸For the needy shall not always be forgotten,

and ^hthe hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

¹⁹ⁱArise, O Lord! Let not ^jman prevail;

let the nations be judged before you!

²⁰Put them in fear, O Lord!

Let the nations know that they are but ^jmen! Selah