Psalm 8

For the director of music. According to gittith. 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. 
² Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
    to silence the foe and the avenger.
³ When I consider your heavens, 
    the work of your fingers, 
the moon and the stars, 
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?

⁵ You have made them a little lower than the angels 
    and crowned them with glory and honor. 
⁶ You made them rulers over the works of your hands; 
    you put everything under their feet: 
⁷ all flocks and herds, 
    and the animals of the wild, 
⁸ the 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!