Psalm 8 8 Psalms Book 1 Wycliffe Bible (c. 1395) 1 WYC The title of the eiythe salm. To the ouercomere, for pressours, the salm of Dauid. Lord, thou art oure Lord; thi name is ful wonderful in al erthe. For thi greet doyng is reisid, aboue heuenes. 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 WYC Of the mouth of yonge children, not spekynge and soukynge mylk, thou madist perfitli heriyng, for thin enemyes; that thou destrie the enemy and avengere. 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 WYC What is a man, that thou art myndeful of hym; ethir the sone of a virgyn, for thou visitist hym? BSB BSB: what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
5 WYC Thou hast maad hym a litil lesse than aungels; thou hast corouned hym with glorie and onour, BSB BSB: You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
6 WYC and hast ordeyned hym aboue the werkis of thin hondis. BSB BSB: You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
7 WYC Thou hast maad suget alle thingis vndur hise feet; alle scheep and oxis, ferthermore and the beestis of the feeld; BSB BSB: all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
8 WYC the briddis of the eir, and the fischis of the see; that passen bi the pathis of the see. BSB BSB: the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 WYC Lord, `thou art oure Lord; thi name `is wondurful in al erthe. BSB BSB: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
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