Psalm 8
8
God's Glory and Man's Honor
To the chief Musician upon Git´tith, A Psalm of David.
1O Lord our Lord,
how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 #
Matt 21.16. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
because of thine enemies,
that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 #
Job 7.17,18; Ps 144.3; Heb 2.6-8. what is man, that thou art mindful of him?
and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,#8.5 angels, Hebrew Elohim, God.
and hast crowned him with glory and honor.
6 #
1 Cor 15.27; Eph 1.22; Heb 2.8. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under his feet:
7all sheep and oxen,
yea, and the beasts of the field;
8the fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,
and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9O Lord our Lord,
how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Psalms 8
8
Psalm 8#In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
For the director of music. According to gittith.#Title: Probably a musical term A psalm of David.
1 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
2Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?#8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
5You have made them#8:5 Or him a little lower than the angels#8:5 Or than God
and crowned them#8:5 Or him with glory and honour.
6You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
you put everything under their#8:6 Or made him ruler…; / …his feet:
7all flocks and herds,
and the animals of the wild,
8the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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