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Psalms 8

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ ⓐ Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! ⓑ You have covered the heavens with Your majesty. [1] ⓒ

² Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold [2] from the mouths of children and nursing infants ⓓ to silence the enemy and the avenger.

³ When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, ⓔ

⁴ what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him? ⓕ

⁵ You made him little less than God [3] [4] and crowned him with glory and honor.

⁶ You made him lord over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet: [5] ⓖ

⁷ all the sheep and oxen, as well as the animals in the wild,

⁸ the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea that pass through the currents of the seas. ⓗ

⁹ Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!

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1	ⓐ Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! ⓑ You have covered the heavens with Your majesty. [1] ⓒ
2	Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold [2] from the mouths of children and nursing infants ⓓ to silence the enemy and the avenger.
3	When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, ⓔ
4	what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him? ⓕ
5	You made him little less than God [3] [4] and crowned him with glory and honor.
6	You made him lord over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet: [5] ⓖ
7	all the sheep and oxen, as well as the animals in the wild,
8	the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea that pass through the currents of the seas. ⓗ
9	Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth!

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^{Psalms 8:1 [12]} Title: Probably a musical term

^{Psalms 8:4 [13]} Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?

^{Psalms 8:5 [14]} Or him

^{Psalms 8:5 [15]} Or than God

^{Psalms 8:5 [16]} Or him

^{Psalms 8:6 [17]} Or made him ruler…; / …his

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