Psalm 8 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

How Majestic Is Your Name

1 To 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)

Ex 34:5Ps 81:1Ps 84:1Ps 113:4Ps 148:13Isa 12:4

2 Out 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)

Ps 44:16Jer 16:19Mt 11:25Mt 21:161Co 1:27

3 When 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)

Ge 1:16Ex 8:19Ex 31:18Ps 111:2

4 what 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)

Ge 8:1Ge 21:1Ge 50:24Job 7:17Job 25:6Ps 65:9Ps 80:17Ps 144:3Heb 2:6

5 Yet 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) 6 You 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)

Ge 1:26Ge 1:28Mt 28:181Co 15:27

7 all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, 8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas. 9 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!