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Psalms 8
Berean Standard Bible
Section headings and translator notes come from the publisher; they are reading aids, distinct from the Bible text.
How Majestic Is Your Name!
Psalm subtitle:For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David.
Verse1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
Verse2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
Verse3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
Verse4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
Verse5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
Verse6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
Verse7all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
Verse8the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
Verse9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
Translator notes (4)
- Subtitle: Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 81 and 84.
- Verse 2: Literally You have ordained strength; LXX You have prepared praise; cited in Matthew 21:16
- Verse 5: Or than God or than the heavenly beings; see also LXX.
- Verse 6: Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:27 and Hebrews 2:6–8