For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.a
1 O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Your glory is higher than the heavens.
1 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,b
silencing your enemies
and all who oppose you.
to tell of your strength,b
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 —
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?c
human beings that you should care for them?c
6 You gave them charge of everything you made,
putting all things under their authority —
putting all things under their authority —
7 the flocks and the herds
and all the wild animals,
and all the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
and everything that swims the ocean currents.
9 O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Psalms, 8 psalm