You have set your glory^(B)
    in the heavens.^(C)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold^(D) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe^(E) and the avenger.
³ When I consider your heavens,^(F)
    the work of your fingers,^(G)
the moon and the stars,^(H)
    which you have set in place,
⁴ what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?^[c](I)

⁵ You have made them^[d] a little lower than the angels^[e](J)
    and crowned them^[f] with glory and honor.^(K)
6 You made them rulers^(L) over the works of your hands;^(M)
    you put everything under their^[g] feet:^(N)
7 all flocks and herds,^(O)
    and the animals of the wild,^(P)
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,^(Q)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹ Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(R)

¹² “Have you ever given orders to the morning,^(A)
    or shown the dawn its place,^(B)
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
    and shake the wicked^(C) out of it?^(D)
14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;^(E)
    its features stand out like those of a garment.
¹⁵ The wicked are denied their light,^(F)
    and their upraised arm is broken.^(G)

¹⁶ “Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?^(H)
17 Have the gates of death^(I) been shown to you?
    Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?^(J)
18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?^(K)
    Tell me, if you know all this.^(L)

¹⁹ “What is the way to the abode of light?
    And where does darkness reside?^(M)
20 Can you take them to their places?
    Do you know the paths^(N) to their dwellings?
²¹ Surely you know, for you were already born!^(O)
    You have lived so many years!