Psalm 8

For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.

¹ Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
    You have set your glory above the heavens!
²From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
    because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
³When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
⁴what is man, that you think of him?
    What is the son of man, that you care for him?
⁵For you have made him a little lower than the angels,^[a]
    and crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
    You have put all things under his feet:
⁷All sheep and cattle,
    yes, and the animals of the field,
⁸    the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
    and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
⁹Yahweh, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Footnotes

[a] 8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7.

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