The Book of Psalms
Psalms 8
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David.
How Majestic Is Your Name!
O LORD, our Lord,how majestic is Your name in all the earth!You have set Your gloryabove the heavens.Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 81 and 84.
From the mouths of children and infantsYou have ordained praiseon account of Your adversaries,to silence the enemy and avenger.Literally You have ordained strength; LXX You have prepared praise; cited in Matthew 21:16
When I behold Your heavens,the work of Your fingers,the moon and the stars,which You have set in place—
what is man that You are mindful of him,or the son of man that You care for him?
You made him a little lower than the angels;You crowned him with glory and honor.Or than God or than the heavenly beings; see also LXX.
You made him ruler of the works of Your hands;You have placed everything under his feet:Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:27 and Hebrews 2:6–8
all sheep and oxen,and even the beasts of the field,
the birds of the air and the fish of the sea,all that swim the paths of the seas.
O LORD, our Lord,how majestic is Your name in all the earth!