1To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith.[1] A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. (Ex 34:5; Ps 81:1; Ps 84:1; Ps 113:4; Ps 148:13; Isa 12:4)2Out of the mouth of babies and infants, you have established strength because of your foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. (Ps 44:16; Jer 16:19; Mt 11:25; Mt 21:16; 1Co 1:27)3When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, (Ge 1:16; Ex 8:19; Ex 31:18; Ps 111:2)4what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of man that you care for him? (Ge 8:1; Ge 21:1; Ge 50:24; Job 7:17; Job 25:6; Ps 65:9; Ps 80:17; Ps 144:3; Heb 2:6)5Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings[2] and crowned him with glory and honor. (Ge 1:26; Ps 21:5)6You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, (Ge 1:26; Ge 1:28; Mt 28:18; 1Co 15:27)7all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,8the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.9O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Psalm 8
New International Version
For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.
1Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.[1]2Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,4what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?[2]5You have made them[3] a little lower than the angels[4] and crowned them[5] with glory and honour.6You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their[6] feet:7all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,8the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.9Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
Psalm 8
King James Version
1To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.9O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Psalm 8
New International Reader’s Version
For the director of music. According to gittith. A psalm of David.
1LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in the whole earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.2You have made sure that children and infants praise you. Their praise is a wall that stops the talk of your enemies.3I think about the heavens. I think about what your fingers have created. I think about the moon and stars that you have set in place.4What are human beings that you think about them? What is a son of man that you take care of him?5You have made them a little lower than the angels. You placed on them a crown of glory and honour.6You made human beings rule over everything your hands created. You put everything under their control.7They rule over all flocks and herds and over the wild animals.8They rule over the birds in the sky and over the fish in the ocean. They rule over everything that swims in the oceans.9LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in the whole earth!