Psalm 8

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. 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

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;

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:

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!

Psalm 8, note a Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 81 and 84.Psalm 8:2, note b Literally You have ordained strength; LXX You have prepared praise; cited in Matthew 21:16Psalm 8:5, note c Or than God or than the heavenly beings; see also LXX.Psalm 8:6, note d Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:27 and Hebrews 2:6–8