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  • Psalm 8

    Psalm 8

    For the music leader. According to the Gittith. A psalm of David.

    Lord, our Lord, how majestic
        is your name throughout the earth!
        You made your glory higher than heaven!
    From the mouths of nursing babies
        you have laid a strong foundation
        because of your foes,
        in order to stop vengeful enemies.
    When I look up at your skies,
        at what your fingers made—
        the moon and the stars
        that you set firmly in place—
            what are human beings
                that you think about them;
            what are human beings
                that you pay attention to them?
    You’ve made them only slightly less than divine,
        crowning them with glory and grandeur.
    You’ve let them rule over your handiwork,
        putting everything under their feet—
            all sheep and all cattle,
            the wild animals too,
            the birds in the sky,
            the fish of the ocean,
            everything that travels the pathways of the sea.
    Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!