Psalm 8 8 Psalms Book 1 Darby Translation How Majestic Is Your Name! 1 DBY To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty 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 DBY Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established praise because of thine adversaries, to 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 DBY What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? BSB BSB: what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
5 DBY Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and splendour. BSB BSB: You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
6 DBY Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet: BSB BSB: You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
7 DBY Sheep and oxen, all of them, and also the beasts of the field; BSB BSB: all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
8 DBY The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, whatever passeth 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 DBY Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! BSB BSB: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
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