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The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 8 -

How majestic is your name!

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Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm of David.
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O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens.
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Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
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For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
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What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest hi?
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Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour:
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And hast set him over the works of thy hands.
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Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.
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The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea.
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O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in all the earth!

How majestic is your name!

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LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!
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From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
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what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
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For you have made him a little lower than the angels,(a) and crowned him with glory and honor.
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You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
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All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
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the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
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LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Footnotes

(a)8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7 .