Psalm 8 8 Psalms Book 1 American King James Version How Majestic Is Your Name! 1 AKJV To the chiefs Musicion upon Gittith, a Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory above the heavens. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
2 AKJV Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger. BSB BSB: From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
4 AKJV What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him? BSB BSB: what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
5 AKJV For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor. BSB BSB: You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
6 AKJV You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet: BSB BSB: You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
7 AKJV All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field; BSB BSB: all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
8 AKJV The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. BSB BSB: the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 AKJV O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! BSB BSB: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
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