Psalm 8

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For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. 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.

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From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

3

When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

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what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

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You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

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You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

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all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

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the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

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O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!