The Glory of the Lord in Creation
To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.
8 O Lord, our Lord,
How (A)excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have (B)set Your glory above the heavens!
2 (C)Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence (D)the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I (E)consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 (F)What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You (G)visit him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 (H)You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
(I)You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.
9 (J)O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
Footnotes
- Psalm 8:1
- Psalm 8:2
- Psalm 8:4
- Psalm 8:5
Cross references
- Psalm 8:1 : Ps. 148:13
- Psalm 8:1 : Ps. 113:4
- Psalm 8:2 : Matt. 21:16; [1 Cor. 1:27]
- Psalm 8:2 : Ps. 44:16
- Psalm 8:3 : Ps. 111:2
- Psalm 8:4 : Job 7:17, 18; [Heb. 2:6–8]
- Psalm 8:4 : [Job 10:12]
- Psalm 8:6 : [Gen. 1:26, 28]
- Psalm 8:6 : [1 Cor. 15:27; Eph. 1:22; Heb. 2:8]
- Psalm 8:9 : Ps. 8:1
