{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":8,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/7","next":"psalms/9","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.","f":["Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 81 and 84."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 O LORD, our Lord,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"how majestic is Your name in all the earth!"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You have set Your glory"},{"style":"indent2","t":"above the heavens."}],"h":"How Majestic Is Your Name!","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.","f":["Literally You have ordained strength; LXX You have prepared praise; cited in Matthew 21:16"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"From the mouths of children and infants"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have ordained praise"},{"style":"indent1","t":"on account of Your adversaries,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to silence the enemy and avenger."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"When I behold Your heavens,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the work of Your fingers,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the moon and the stars,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"which You have set in place —"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"what is man that You are mindful [of him], or the son of man that You care for him?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"what is man that You are mindful [of him],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or the son of man that You care for him?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.","f":["Or than God or than the heavenly beings; see also LXX."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You made him a little lower than the angels;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You crowned him with glory and honor."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:","f":["Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:27 and Hebrews 2:6–8"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You made him ruler of the works of Your hands;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have placed everything under his feet:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"all sheep and oxen,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and even the beasts of the field,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"the birds of the air and the fish of the sea,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all that swim the paths of the seas."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O LORD, our Lord,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"how majestic is Your name in all the earth!"}],"style":"indent1stline"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David."}