God’s Glory, Human Dignity
For the choir director: on the Gittith. 8:title Pss 81; 84 titles A psalm of David.
1 Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! 8:1 Is 12:4
You have covered the heavens with your majesty. 8:1 Lit earth, which has set your splendor upon the heavens, 8:1 Ps 113:4; 148:13
2 From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, 8:2 Mt 21:16
you have established a stronghold 8:2 LXX reads established praise
on account of your adversaries
in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place, 8:3 Ps 33:6; 136:9
4 what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man 8:4 Or a mere mortal that you look after him? 8:4 Jb 7:17–18; Ps 144:3
5 You made him little less than God 8:5 LXX reads angels, 8:5 Or heavenly beings; Hb Elohim
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet: 8:4–6 1Co 15:27; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:5–8
7 all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
8 the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas. 8:7–8 Gn 1:26,28
9 Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!