New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)

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Psalms, 8

To the director upon the Gitʹtith.*1 A melody of David.

1 O Jehovah our Lord,*1 how majestic your name is in all the earth, You whose dignity is recounted*2 above the heavens!

  1. “Our Lord.” Heb., ʼAdho·nehʹnu, pl. of ʼA·dhohnʹ, to denote excellence.

  2. “You whose dignity is recounted.” TSy, “you who have put (given) your glory”; LXXVgc, “because your magnificence has been lifted up.”

2 Out of the mouth of children and sucklings you have founded*1 strength, On account of those showing hostility to you, So as to make the enemy and the one taking his vengeance desist.

  1. Or, “corrected,” by a change of one Heb. letter.

3 When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, The moon and the stars that you have prepared,

4 What is mortal man that you keep him in mind, And the son of earthling man that you take care of him?

5 You also proceeded to make him a little less than godlike ones,*1 And with glory and splendor you then crowned him.

  1. “Than godlike ones.” Heb., me·ʼelo·himʹ; TLXXSyVg, “angels; messengers.”

6 You make him dominate over the works of your hands; Everything you have put under his feet:

7 Small cattle*1 and oxen, all of them, And also the beasts of the open field,

  1. “Small cattle,” that is, sheep and goats.

8 The birds of heaven and the fish of the sea, Anything passing through the paths of the seas.

9 O Jehovah our Lord, how majestic your name is in all the earth!