God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man.
8:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.]] O Yahweh our Adonim, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. |
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8:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.]] O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. |
8:2
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. |
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8:2
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. |
8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; |
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8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; |
8:4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? |
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8:4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? |
8:5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the elohim, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. |
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8:5
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. |
8:6
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet: |
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8:6
Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet: |
8:7
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; |
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8:7
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; |
8:8
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas. |
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8:8
The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas. |
8:9
O Yahweh our Adonim, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! |
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8:9
O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! |