Psalm 8

To the chief Musician *upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

1  O Lord our Lord,

How aexcellent is thy name in all the earth!

Who bhast set thy glory above the heavens.

2  cOut of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou †ordained strength

Because of thine enemies,

That thou mightest still dthe enemy and the avenger.

3  When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy efingers,

The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4  fWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him?

And gthe son of man, that thou visitest him?

5  For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,

And hast crowned him with hglory and hhonour.

6  iThou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;

kThou hast put all things under his feet:

7  †All sheep and oxen,

Yea, and the beasts of the field;

8  iThe fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,

And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9  lO Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!