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Psalms 8

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¹ For the choir director: on the . ⓘ A psalm of David. [1] LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! ⓙ You have covered the heavens with your majesty. [1] ⓚ

² From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, ⓛ you have established a stronghold [2] on account of your adversaries in order 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 a human being that you remember him, a son of man [3] that you look after him? ⓝ

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

⁶ You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: ⓐ

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 LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!

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1	For the choir director: on the . ⓘ A psalm of David. [1] LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! ⓙ You have covered the heavens with your majesty. [1] ⓚ
2	From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, ⓛ you have established a stronghold [2] on account of your adversaries in order 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 a human being that you remember him, a son of man [3] that you look after him? ⓝ
5	You made him little less than God [4] [5] and crowned him with glory and honor.
6	You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: ⓐ
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	LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!

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^{Psalms 8:9 [10]} That is, the upper Nile region

^{Psalms 8:11 [11]} Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;

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