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The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 8 -

How majestic is your name!

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For the chief musician; set to the gittith style. A psalm of David. Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth, you who reveal your glory in the heavens above.
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Out of the mouth of babies and infants you have created praise because of your adversaries, in order to silence both the enemy and the avenger.
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When I look up at your heavens, which your fingers have made, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
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of what importance is the human race that you notice them, or mankind that you pay attention to them?
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Yet you have made them only a little lower than the heavenly beings and have crowned them with glory and honor.
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You make him to rule over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet:
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All sheep and oxen, and even the animals of the field,
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the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, everything that passes through the currents of the seas.
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Yahweh our Lord, how magnificent is your name in all the earth!

How majestic is your name!

1
LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!
2
From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
3
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
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what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
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For you have made him a little lower than the angels,(a) and crowned him with glory and honor.
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You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
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All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
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the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
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LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Footnotes

(a)8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7 .