^1. Psalm 8 For the director of music. According to [1] A psalm of David.

^1. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

^2. From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise [2] because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

^3. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

^4. what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

^5. You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings [3] and crowned him with glory and honor.

^6. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:

^7. all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,

^8. the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

^9. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!