Psalm 8

¹ For the end, concerning the wine-presses, a Psalm of David.

² O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!

for thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.

³ ^[1]Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise,

because of thine enemies;

that thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.

⁴ For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers;

the moon and stars, which thou hast established.

⁵ ^[2]What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

⁶ Thou madest him a little less than angels,

thou hast crowned him with glory and honour;

⁷ ^[3]and thou hast set him over the works of thy hands:

thou hast put all things under his feet:

⁸ sheep and all ^[4]oxen,

yea, and the cattle of the field;

⁹ the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea,

the creatures passing through the paths of the sea.

¹⁰ O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!

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