Psalm 8

New International Version

from Biblica
1 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.[1]2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?[2]5 You have made them[3] a little lower than the angels[4] and crowned them[5] with glory and honour.6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their[6] feet:7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.9 Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 8

New International Reader’s Version

from Biblica
1 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in the whole earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.2 You have made sure that children and infants praise you. Their praise is a wall that stops the talk of your enemies.3 I 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.4 What are human beings that you think about them? What is a son of man that you take care of him?5 You have made them a little lower than the angels. You placed on them a crown of glory and honour.6 You made human beings rule over everything your hands created. You put everything under their control.7 They rule over all flocks and herds and over the wild animals.8 They rule over the birds in the sky and over the fish in the ocean. They rule over everything that swims in the oceans.9 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in the whole earth!