Psalm 8 8 Psalms Book 1 Douay-Rheims Bible How Majestic Is Your Name! 1 DRA Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm of David. O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated 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 DRA Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy 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 DRA What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest hi? BSB BSB: what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
5 DRA Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: BSB BSB: You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
6 DRA And hast set him over the works of thy hands. BSB BSB: You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
7 DRA Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields. BSB BSB: all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
8 DRA The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea. BSB BSB: the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 DRA O Lord our Lord, how admirable 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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