Psalms 8

ASV(i) 1 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

O Jehovah, our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all the earth,
Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens! 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength,
Because of thine adversaries,
That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
And the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God,
And crownest him with glory and honor. 6 Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
Thou hast put all things under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen,
Yea, and the beasts of the field, 8 The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9 O Jehovah, our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all the earth!