Psalm 8, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
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1

O 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 children and infants
you have ordained praise
because of your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
 

3

When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
 

4

what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
 

5

You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
and crowned him with glory and honour.
 

6

You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:
 

7

all flocks and herds,
and the beasts of the field,
 

8

the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of the seas.
 

9

O LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!