Psalm 8:1-9

To the director; upon the Gitʹtith.* A melody of David. 8  O Jehovah our Lord, how majestic your name is throughout the earth;You have set your splendor even higher than the heavens!*+  2  Out of the mouth of children and infants+ you have established strengthOn account of your adversaries,To silence the enemy and the avenger.  3  When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers,The moon and the stars that you have prepared,+  4  What is mortal man that you keep him in mind,And a son of man that you take care of him?+  5  You made him a little lower than godlike ones,*And you crowned him with glory and splendor.  6  You gave him dominion over the works of your hands;+You have put everything under his feet:  7  All the flocks and cattle,As well as the wild animals,*+  8  The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.  9  O Jehovah our Lord, how majestic your name is throughout the earth!

Footnotes

^ Or possibly, “You whose splendor is recounted above the heavens!”
^ Or “than angels.”
^ Lit., “the beasts of the field.”

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