Psalms 8 : 1 (NET)
*For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!
Psalms 8 : 2 (NET)
From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.
Psalms 8 : 3 (NET)
When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,
Psalms 8 : 4 (NET)
Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
Psalms 8 : 5 (NET)
and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty;
Psalms 8 : 6 (NET)
you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority,
Psalms 8 : 7 (NET)
including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,
Psalms 8 : 8 (NET)
the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.
Psalms 8 : 9 (NET)
O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!
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