Psalm 8

God’s Glory, Man’s Dignity

For the choir director: on the * Gittith. i A Davidic psalm.

1 * Yahweh, our Lord,

how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! j

You have covered the heavens with Your majesty. k l

2 Because of Your adversaries,

You have established a stronghold m

from the mouths of children and nursing infants n

to silence the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I observe Your heavens,

the work of Your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which You set in place, o

4 what is man that You remember him,

the son of man that You look after him? p

5 You made him little less than God q r

and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him lord over the works of Your hands;

You put everything under his feet: s t

7 all the sheep and oxen,

as well as the animals in the wild,

8 the birds of the sky,

and the fish of the sea

that pass through the currents of the seas. u

9 Yahweh, our Lord,

how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!