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How Majestic Is Your Name

For the choir director. According to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

O Yahweh, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who [a](A)displays Your splendor above the heavens!
(B)From the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have established [b](C)strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make (D)the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I (E)see (F)Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The (G)moon and the stars, which You have established;
(H)What is man that You remember him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a (I)little lower than the [c]angels,
And (J)You crown him with (K)glory and majesty!
You make him to (L)rule over the works of Your hands;
You have (M)put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen,
And also the animals of the field,
The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

(N)O Yahweh, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 Or set
  2. Psalm 8:2 Or a bulwark
  3. Psalm 8:5 Or God; Heb Elohim

The Glory of the Lord in Creation

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

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

(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.

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

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

(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

Til söngstjórans. Á gittít. Davíðssálmur.

Drottinn, Guð vor, hversu dýrlegt er nafn þitt um alla jörðina! Þú breiðir ljóma þinn yfir himininn.

Af munni barna og brjóstmylkinga hefir þú gjört þér vígi til varnar gegn óvinum þínum, til þess að þagga niður í hefndargirni óvinarins.

Þegar ég horfi á himininn, verk handa þinna, tunglið og stjörnurnar, er þú hefir skapað,

hvað er þá maðurinn þess, að þú minnist hans, og mannsins barn, að þú vitjir þess?

Þú lést hann verða litlu minni en Guð, með sæmd og heiðri krýndir þú hann.

Þú lést hann ríkja yfir handaverkum þínum, allt lagðir þú að fótum hans:

sauðfénað allan og uxa, og auk þess dýr merkurinnar,

fugla loftsins og fiska hafsins, allt það er fer hafsins vegu.

10 Drottinn, Guð vor, hversu dýrlegt er nafn þitt um alla jörðina!