Psalm 8a

For the director of music. According to gittith.b A psalm of David.

1 Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your namem in all the earth!

You have set your gloryn

in the heavens.o

2 Through the praise of children and infants

you have established a strongholdp against your enemies,

to silence the foeq and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens,r

the work of your fingers,s

the moon and the stars,t

which you have set in place,

4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?c u

5 You have made themd a little lower than the angelse v

and crowned themf with glory and honor.w

6 You made them rulersx over the works of your hands;y

you put everything under theirg feet:z

7 all flocks and herds,a

and the animals of the wild,b

8 the birds in the sky,

and the fish in the sea,c

all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!d