Psalm 844
For the music director, according to the gittith style;45 a psalm of David.
8:1 O Lord, our Lord,1
how magnificent2 is your reputation3 throughout the earth!
You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!4
8:2 From the mouths of children and nursing babies
you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries,5
so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.6
8:3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made,
and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,7
8:4 Of what importance is the human race,8 that you should notice9 them?
Of what importance is mankind,10 that you should pay attention to them,11
8:5 and make them a little less than the heavenly beings?12
You grant mankind13 honor and majesty;14
8:6 you appoint them to rule over your creation;15
you have placed16 everything under their authority,17
8:7 including all the sheep and cattle,
as well as the wild animals,18
8:8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea
and everything that moves through the currents19 of the seas.
8:9 O Lord, our Lord,20
how magnificent21 is your reputation22 throughout the earth!23
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