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1 O YHWH, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.
title For the end, concerning the wine-presses, a Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! for thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Ps8:2 Out of the mouths of babes and infants, you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, so that you may destroy the enemy and the revenger.
3 When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;
3 For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established.
Ps8:3 For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars, which you have founded.
4 What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?
5 Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
5 Thou madest him a little less than angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour;
Ps8:5 You reduced him to a little less than the Angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor,
6 Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet
6 and thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet
Ps8:6 and you have set him over the works of your hands.
7 Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;
Ps8:7 You have subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and in addition: the beasts of the field,
7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the wilderness;
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Ps8:8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, which pass through the paths of the sea.
9 O YHWH, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!
9 O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth!
Ps8:9 O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name throughout all the earth!