NET Bible

Psalm 8

^8:1 O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above. ^8:2 From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. ^8:3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, ^8:4 Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them? ^8:5 You made them a little less than the heavenly beings. You crowned mankind with honor and majesty. ^8:6 you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority, ^8:7 including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals, ^8:8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that moves through the currents of the seas. ^8:9 O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!

^8:9 For the music director, according to the alumoth-labben style; a psalm of David.