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Psalms 8

O LORD our Lord, how excellent your name is in all the earth! You've set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babies and infants you've established strength because of your enemies, to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you've set in place — what i

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How grand your name is

O LORD our Lord, how excellent your name is in all the earth! You've set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babies and infants you've established strength because of your enemies, to silence the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you've set in place — what is man, that you remember him? And the son of man, that you visit him? You've made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honour. You've made him ruler over the works of your hands; you've put everything under his feet: all sheep and cattle, and the beasts of the field as well, the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. O LORD our Lord, how excellent your name is in all the earth!

Lord our Master, how grand your name is in all the earth — you who've set your splendour above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babies and infants you've set up strength because of the ones against you, to stop the enemy and the one bent on payback. When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you set in place — what's a man that you think about him, or a son of man that you look after him? Because you've made him a bit less than the angels and crowned him with glory and honour. You've made him rule over the works of your hands. You've put everything under his feet — all the sheep and cattle, and the animals of the open country, the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, whatever goes along the paths of the seas. Lord our Master, how grand your name is in all the earth.

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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O LORD our Lord, how excellent your name is in all the earth! You've set your glory above the heavens.

Plain English

Lord our Master, how grand your name is in all the earth — you who've set your splendour above the heavens.

King James Version, 1611

O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2

Out of the mouths of babies and infants you've established strength because of your enemies, to silence the enemy and the avenger.

Plain English

Out of the mouth of babies and infants you've set up strength because of the ones against you, to stop the enemy and the one bent on payback.

King James Version, 1611

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you've set in place —

Plain English

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you set in place —

King James Version, 1611

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4

what is man, that you remember him? And the son of man, that you visit him?

Plain English

what's a man that you think about him, or a son of man that you look after him?

King James Version, 1611

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5

You've made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honour.

Plain English

Because you've made him a bit less than the angels and crowned him with glory and honour.

King James Version, 1611

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6

You've made him ruler over the works of your hands; you've put everything under his feet:

Plain English

You've made him rule over the works of your hands. You've put everything under his feet —

King James Version, 1611

Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

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all sheep and cattle, and the beasts of the field as well,

Plain English

all the sheep and cattle, and the animals of the open country,

King James Version, 1611

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

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the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Plain English

the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, whatever goes along the paths of the seas.

King James Version, 1611

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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O LORD our Lord, how excellent your name is in all the earth!

Plain English

Lord our Master, how grand your name is in all the earth.

King James Version, 1611

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!