Psalm 8

God’s Glory, Man’s Dignity

For the choir director: on the Gittith.(A) A Davidic psalm.

Yahweh, our Lord,
how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!(B)

You have covered the heavens with Your majesty.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 Lit earth, which has set Your splendor upon the heavens

When I observe Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which You set in place,(A)

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You made him lord over the works of Your hands;
You put everything under his feet:[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:6 Or authority

the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.(A)

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25 Long ago You established the earth,
and the heavens are the work of Your hands.(A)

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