Psalm 8
God’s Glory, Human Dignity
For the choir director: on the Gittith. q A psalm of David.
1 LORD, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! r
You have covered the heavens with your majesty. P,s
2 From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, t
you have established a stronghold Q
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, u
4 what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man R that you look after him? v
5 You made him little less than God S,T
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet: w
as well as the animals in the wild,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas. x
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!