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Psalm 8
New King James Version

### The Glory of the Lord in Creation

#### To the Chief Musician. [a]On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.

8 O Lord, our Lord,
How (A)excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have (B)set Your glory above the heavens!

2 (C)Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have [b]ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence (D)the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I (E)consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 (F)What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You (G)visit[c] him?
5 For You have made him a little lower than [d]the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

6 (H)You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
(I)You have put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.

9 (J)O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 8:1 Heb. Al Gittith
2. Psalm 8:2 established
3. Psalm 8:4 give attention to or care for
4. Psalm 8:5 Heb. Elohim, God; LXX, Syr., Tg., Jewish tradition angels

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 8:1 : Ps. 148:13
2. Psalm 8:1 : Ps. 113:4
3. Psalm 8:2 : Matt. 21:16; [1 Cor. 1:27]
4. Psalm 8:2 : Ps. 44:16
5. Psalm 8:3 : Ps. 111:2
6. Psalm 8:4 : Job 7:17, 18; [Heb. 2:6–8]
7. Psalm 8:4 : [Job 10:12]
8. Psalm 8:6 : [Gen. 1:26, 28]
9. Psalm 8:6 : [1 Cor. 15:27; Eph. 1:22; Heb. 2:8]
10. Psalm 8:9 : Ps. 8:1

New King James Version (NKJV)

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