Psalms 8

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PSALM 8

A Messianic Psalm of David—He says that babes and sucklings praise the Lord—He asks: What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON GITTITH, A PSALM OF DAVID.

1 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of ^ababes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I ^aconsider thy ^bheavens, the ^cwork of thy fingers, the ^dmoon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is ^aman, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou ^bvisitest him?

5 For thou hast made him a little ^alower than the ^bangels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6 Thou madest him to have ^adominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All ^asheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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