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For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[12] O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.
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You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength,[13] silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
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When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—
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what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?[14]
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Yet you made them only a little lower than God[15] and crowned them[16] with glory and honor.
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You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—
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the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,
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the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
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O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
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NLT
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For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.[12] 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,[13] 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—
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what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?[14]
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Yet you made them only a little lower than God[15] and crowned them[16] with glory and honor.
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You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—
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the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,
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the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
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O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!
Footnotes & Cross-References
Psalms 8:9 [19]Hebrew on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was June 25, 474 B.C.; also see note on 2:16.
Psalms 8:12 [21]Hebrew the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. The date selected was March 7, 473 B.C.; also see note on 2:16.
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