Psalm 8
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 8
God’s Glory, Human Dignity
For the choir director: on the Gittith.(A) A psalm of David.
1 Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!(B)
You have covered the heavens with your majesty.[a](C)
2 From the mouths of infants and nursing babies,(D)
you have established a stronghold[b]
on account of your adversaries
in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I observe your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you set in place,(E)
4 what is a human being that you remember him,
a son of man[c] that you look after him?(F)
5 You made him little less than God[d][e]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;
you put everything under his feet:(G)
7 all the sheep and oxen,
as well as the animals in the wild,
8 the birds of the sky,
and the fish of the sea
that pass through the currents of the seas.(H)
9 Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!
Psalm 8
King James Version
8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Psaltaren 8
Svenska 1917
8 För sångmästaren, till Gittít; en psalm av David.
2 HERRE, vår Herre, huru härligt är icke ditt namn över hela jorden, du som har satt ditt majestät på himmelen!
3 Av barns och spenabarns mun har du upprättat en makt, för dina ovänners skull, till att nedslå fienden och den hämndgirige.
4 När jag ser din himmel, dina fingrars verk, månen och stjärnorna, som du har berett,
5 vad är då en människa, att du tänker på henne, eller en människoson, att du låter dig vårda om honom.
6 Dock gjorde du honom nästan till ett gudaväsen; med ära och härlighet krönte du honom.
7 Du satte honom till herre över dina händers verk; allt lade du under hans fötter:
8 får och oxar, allasammans, så ock vildmarkens djur,
9 fåglarna under himmelen och fiskarna i havet, vad som vandrar havens vägar.
10 HERRE, vår Herre, huru härligt är icke ditt namn över hela jorden!
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