Psalms 8 ASV
Summary: A creation hymn bracketed by the refrain "O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" (v. 1, 9), Psalm 8 marvels that the God who set the moon and stars in place is also mindful of humanity: "what is man that you are mindful of him?" (v. 4). It celebrates humanity's God-given dominion over sheep, oxen, birds, and fish, echoing the creation mandate of Genesis 1. The psalm is quoted in the New Testament (Hebrews 2) in connection with Christ's exaltation.
1For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.
6Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:
7All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,
8The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
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