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Psalms 8

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¹ For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[12] O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.

² You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength,[13] silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.

³ When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—

⁴ what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?[14]

⁵ Yet you made them only a little lower than God[15] and crowned them[16] with glory and honor.

⁶ You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—

⁷ the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,

⁸ the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.

⁹ O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!

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1	For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[12] O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.
2	You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength,[13] silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
3	When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—
4	what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?[14]
5	Yet you made them only a little lower than God[15] and crowned them[16] with glory and honor.
6	You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—
7	the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,
8	the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
9	O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!

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^{Psalms 8:3 [#*]} and besought…: Heb. and she wept, and besought him

^{Psalms 8:5 [#†} devised: Heb. the device

^{Psalms 8:5 [#‡} which he…: or, who wrote

^{Psalms 8:6 [#§]} endure…: Heb. be able that I may see

^{Psalms 8:13 [#**]} published: Heb. revealed

^{Psalms 8:15 [#†} blue: or, violet

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