To the Chief Musician; set to #8:0 Or perhaps to a particular key; meaning uncertain.a Philistine lute [or perhaps to a particular Hittite tune]. A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, our Lord,

How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!

You have displayed Your splendor above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouths of infants and nursing babes You have established strength

Because of Your adversaries,

That You might silence the enemy and make the revengeful cease. [Matt 21:15, 16]

3 When I see and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have established,

4 What is man that You are mindful of him,

And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?

5 Yet You have made him a little lower than *8:5 LXX reads angels; Heb Elohim is usually translated "God" or "god." But it can also mean "gods" (with a lowercase "g") when it is used with reference to the pagan gods of other nations. See, for instance, Ex 20:3: "You shall have no other gods (Elohim) before Me." Since there are no capital letters in Hebrew as there are in English, the meaning of Ps 8:5 is ambiguous. It may be saying that humans were created a little lower than God Himself, or it may say that humans were created a little lower than the heavenly beings.God,

And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;

You have put all things under his feet, [1 Cor 15:27; Eph 1:22, 23; Heb 2:6-8]

7 All sheep and oxen,

And also the beasts of the field,

8 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea,

Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord, our Lord,

How majestic and glorious and excellent is Your name in all the earth!