Psalm 8

How Majestic Is Your Name!

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.^a A Psalm of David.

¹ O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

You have set Your glory

above the heavens.

² From the mouths of children and infants

You have ordained praise^b

on account of Your adversaries,

to silence the enemy and avenger.

³ When I behold Your heavens,

the work of Your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which You have set in place—

⁴ what is man that You are mindful of him,

or the son of man that You care for him?

⁵ You made him a little lower than the angels;^c

You crowned him with glory and honor.

⁶ You made him ruler of the works of Your hands;

You have placed everything under his feet:^d

⁷ all sheep and oxen,

and even the beasts of the field,

⁸ the birds of the air and the fish of the sea,

all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is Your name in all the earth!