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

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Psalm 8[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name(A) in all the earth!

You have set your glory(B)
    in the heavens.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
  2. Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term

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

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When I consider your heavens,(A)
    the work of your fingers,(B)
the moon and the stars,(C)
    which you have set in place,

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

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what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?

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

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Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!(A)

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