Revised Version 1895

Psalms 8

For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy gloryuponH5921the heavens.

2Outמָֽה־mah-H4100of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thouestablishedתְּנָ֥הte.NahH5414strength,becauseעַל־'al-H5921of thine adversaries, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3When I consider thy heavens, theworkH3245of thy fingers, the moon and the stars,whichH3245thou hast ordained;

4Whatאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834ismanH7200, that thouartמַעֲשֵׂ֣יma.'a.SeiH4639mindful of him? and the son ofmanH7200, that thou visitest him?

5For thou hastmadeתִפְקְדֶֽנּוּ׃tif.ke.De.nuH6485him but little lowerthanH3588God, and crownest him with glory and honour.

6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7AllH3605sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,whatsoeverH3605passeththroughH3605the paths of the seas.

9O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all theearthשָׁ֭מַיִםSha.ma.yimH8064!

Commentaries on Psalms 8

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain