8:1 For the music director, according to the gittith style; ²  a psalm of David.

O Lord, our Lord, ³ 

how magnificent ⁴  is your reputation ⁵  throughout the earth!

You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! ⁶ 

8:2 From the mouths of children and nursing babies

you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, ⁷ 

so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. ⁸ 

8:3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made,

and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, ⁹ 

8:4 Of what importance is the human race, ¹⁰  that you should notice ¹¹  them?

Of what importance is mankind, ¹²  that you should pay attention to them, ¹³ 

8:5 and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? ¹⁴ 

You grant mankind ¹⁵  honor and majesty; ¹⁶ 

8:6 you appoint them to rule over your creation; ¹⁷ 

you have placed ¹⁸  everything under their authority, ¹⁹ 

8:7 including all the sheep and cattle,

as well as the wild animals, ²⁰ 

8:8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea

and everything that moves through the currents ²¹  of the seas.

8:9 O Lord, our Lord, ²² 

how magnificent ²³  is your reputation ²⁴  throughout the earth! ²⁵