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The Loʀᴅ’s Glory and Man’s Dignity.
For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
O Loʀᴅ, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have 1Or setAPs 57:5, 11; 113:4; 148:13displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
AMatt 21:16; 1 Cor 1:27From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established 1Or a bulwarkBPs 29:1; 118:14strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make CPs 44:16the enemy and the revengeful cease.
 
When I 1Or seeAPs 111:2consider BPs 89:11; 144:5Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The CPs 136:9moon and the stars, which You have 2Or appointed, fixedordained;
AJob 7:17; Ps 144:3; Heb 2:6-8What is man that You 1Or remember himtake thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
Yet You have made him a AGen 1:26; Ps 82:6little lower than 1Or the angels; Heb ElohimGod,
And BPs 103:4You crown him with CPs 21:5glory and majesty!
You make him to AGen 1:26, 28rule over the works of Your hands;
You have B1 Cor 15:27; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:8put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen,
And also the 1Or animalsbeasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
 
APs 8:1O Loʀᴅ, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

18:1 Or set

A8:1 Ps 57:5, 11; 113:4; 148:13

A8:2 Matt 21:16; 1 Cor 1:27

18:2 Or a bulwark

B8:2 Ps 29:1; 118:14

C8:2 Ps 44:16

18:3 Or see

A8:3 Ps 111:2

B8:3 Ps 89:11; 144:5

C8:3 Ps 136:9

28:3 Or appointed, fixed

A8:4 Job 7:17; Ps 144:3; Heb 2:6-8

18:4 Or remember him

A8:5 Gen 1:26; Ps 82:6

18:5 Or the angels; Heb Elohim

B8:5 Ps 103:4

C8:5 Ps 21:5

A8:6 Gen 1:26, 28

B8:6 1 Cor 15:27; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:8

18:7 Or animals

A8:9 Ps 8:1