Psalm 8

Common English Bible

Psalm 8

For the music leader. According to the Gittith.^[a] A psalm of David.

8 Lord, our Lord, how majestic
    is your name throughout the earth!
    You made your glory higher than heaven!^[b]
²From the mouths of nursing babies
    you have laid a strong foundation
    because of your foes,
    in order to stop vengeful enemies.
³When I look up at your skies,
    at what your fingers made—
    the moon and the stars
    that you set firmly in place—
⁴        what are human beings
            that you think about them;
        what are human beings
            that you pay attention to them?
⁵You’ve made them only slightly less than divine,
    crowning them with glory and grandeur.
⁶You’ve let them rule over your handiwork,
    putting everything under their feet—
⁷        all sheep and all cattle,
        the wild animals too,
⁸        the birds in the sky,
        the fish of the ocean,
        everything that travels the pathways of the sea.
⁹Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!

Footnotes

Psalm 8:1 Perhaps the name of an instrument (Tg) or melody. LXX About the winepresses; or About the Gittite; also in Pss 81 and 84
Psalm 8:1 Correction; Heb uncertain

Psalm 148

Common English Bible

Psalm 148

148 Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from heaven!
    Praise God on the heights!
²Praise God, all of you who are his messengers!
    Praise God, all of you who comprise his heavenly forces!
³Sun and moon, praise God!
    All of you bright stars, praise God!
⁴You highest heaven, praise God!
    Do the same, you waters that are above the sky!
⁵Let all of these praise the Lord’s name
    because God gave the command and they were created!
⁶God set them in place always and forever.
    God made a law that will not be broken.

⁷Praise the Lord from the earth,
    you sea monsters and all you ocean depths!
⁸Do the same, fire and hail, snow and smoke,
    stormy wind that does what God says!
⁹Do the same, you mountains, every single hill,
    fruit trees, and every single cedar!
¹⁰Do the same, you animals—wild or tame—
    you creatures that creep along and you birds that fly!
¹¹Do the same, you kings of the earth and every single person,
    you princes and every single ruler on earth!
¹²Do the same, you young men—young women too!—
    you who are old together with you who are young!

¹³Let all of these praise the Lord’s name
    because only God’s name is high over all.
    Only God’s majesty is over earth and heaven.
¹⁴God raised the strength^[a] of his people,
    the praise of all his faithful ones—
        that’s the Israelites,
        the people who are close to him.