| Revised Standard Version | Psalms:8 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | |
| To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. | God's Glory & Man's dignity. Psalm 8 | [To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.] | |
| 1 | O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth! Thou whose glory above the heavens is chanted | You whose glory above the heavens is chanted | |
| 2 | by the mouth of babes and infants, thou hast founded a bulwark because of thy foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. | by the mouth of babes and infants, you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. | |
| 3 | When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast established; | When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have established; | |
| 4 | what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him? | what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? | |
| 5 | Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor. | Yet you have made him little less than God, and crown him with glory and honour. | |
| 6 | Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet, | You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, | |
| 7 | all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, | 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 along the paths of the sea. | the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea. | |
| 9 | O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. | O Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. | |
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