Psalms 8

2 You have taught children and nursing infants to give you praise.* They silence your enemies who were seeking revenge.²

3 When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers-- the moon and the stars you have set in place--

4 what are mortals that you should think of us, mere humans that you should care for us?*³

5 For you made us only a little lower than God,* and you crowned us with glory and honor.⁴

6 You put us in charge of everything you made, giving us authority over all things--

7 the sheep and the cattle and all the wild animals,

8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.

9 O LORD, our Lord, the majesty of your name fills the earth!

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1: TITLE Hebrew according to the gittith.

2: As in Greek version; Hebrew reads to show strength.

3: Hebrew what is man that you should think of him, the son of man that you should care for him?

4: Or a little lower than the angels; Hebrew reads Elohim.

^{New Living Translation Bible and Notes used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}