Psalms 8
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Psalms 8
American Standard Version
1
For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all the earth,
Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength,
Because of thine adversaries,
That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5
For thou hast made him but little lower than God,
And crownest him with glory and honor.
6
Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
Thou hast put all things under his feet:
7
All sheep and oxen,
Yea, and the beasts of the field,
8
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9
O Jehovah, our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all the earth!