The Book of Psalms

⭑ Literal Standard Version :: World English Bible Catholic ⭑

- Kapitel 8 -

How majestic is your name!

TO THE OVERSEER. ON THE GITTITH. A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH, our Lord, || How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth, || Who have set Your splendor on the heavens!

From the mouths of infants and sucklings || You have founded strength, || Because of Your adversaries, || To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

For I see Your heavens, a work of Your fingers, || [The] moon and stars that You established.

What [is] man that You remember him? The son of man that You inspect him?

You make him a little lower than the gods [[ or God]], || And surround him with glory and majesty.

You cause him to rule || Over the works of Your hands, || You have placed all under his feet.

Sheep and oxen, all of them, || And also beasts of the field,

Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, || Passing through the paths of the seas!

YHWH, our Lord, || How majestic [is] Your Name in all the earth!

How majestic is your name!

LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

For you have made him a little lower than the angels,(a) and crowned him with glory and honor.

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Fußnoten

(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 .