Psalm 8

Psalm 8^a

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

¹Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name^m in all the earth!

You have set your gloryⁿ

in the heavens.^o

²Through the praise of children and infants

you have established a stronghold^p against your enemies,

to silence the foe^q and the avenger.

³When I consider your heavens,^r

the work of your fingers,^s

the moon and the stars,^t

which you have set in place,

⁴what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

human beings that you care for them?^cu

⁵You have made them^d a little lower than the angels^ev

and crowned them^f with glory and honor.^w

⁶You made them rulers^x over the works of your hands;^y

you put everything under their^g feet:^z

⁷all flocks and herds,^a

and the animals of the wild,^b

⁸the birds in the sky,

and the fish in the sea,^c

all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹Lord, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!^d