Psalm 8
8
How Majestic Is Your Name
To the choirmaster: according to The #Ps. 81, title; 84, titleGittith.#8:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your #Ps. 148:13; Isa. 12:4; [Ex. 34:5] name in all the earth!
You have set your #Ps. 113:4glory above the heavens.
2 # Cited Matt. 21:16; [Matt. 11:25; 1 Cor. 1:27] Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established #Jer. 16:19 strength because of your foes,
to still #Ps. 44:16the enemy and the avenger.
3When I #[Ps. 111:2] look at your heavens, the work of your #Ex. 8:19; 31:18 fingers,
the moon and the stars, #Gen. 1:16which you have set in place,
4 # Cited Heb. 2:6-8; [Ps. 144:3; Job 7:17; 25:6] what is man that you are #[Gen. 8:1] mindful of him,
and #Ps. 80:17 the son of man that you #Ps. 65:9; Gen. 21:1; 50:24care for him?
5Yet you have made him a little lower than #[Gen. 1:26] the heavenly beings#8:5 Or than God; Septuagint than the angels
and crowned him with #Ps. 21:5glory and honor.
6You have given him #Gen. 1:26, 28 dominion over the works of your hands;
# Cited 1 Cor. 15:27; [Matt. 28:18] you have put all things under his feet,
7all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
8the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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Psalms 8
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To the director: With the gittith. A song of David.
1Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful in all the earth!
It brings you praise everywhere in heaven.
2From the mouths of children and babies come songs of praise to you.
They sing of your power to silence your enemies who were seeking revenge.
3I look at the heavens you made with your hands.
I see the moon and the stars you created.
4And I wonder, “Why are people so important to you?
Why do you even think about them?
Why do you care so much about humans#8:4 people … humans Literally, “man … son of man” or “Enosh … son of Adam.” These are Hebrew ways of saying humans—descendants of Adam and Enosh.?
Why do you even notice them?”
5But you made them almost like gods
and crowned them with glory and honor.
6You put them in charge of everything you made.
You put everything under their control.
7People rule over the sheep and cattle and all the wild animals.
8They rule over the birds in the sky
and the fish that swim in the sea.
9Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth!
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