Psalms 8
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1Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
4what is man, that you think of him?
5For you have made him a little lower than the angels,8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7.
6You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
7All sheep and cattle,
8the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
9Yahweh, our Lord,
1Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
4what is man, that you think of him?
5For you have made him a little lower than the angels,8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7.
6You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
7All sheep and cattle,
8the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
9Yahweh, our Lord,
1Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
2From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength,
3When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers,
4what is man, that you think of him?
5For you have made him a little lower than the angels,8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7.
6You make him ruler over the works of your hands.
7All sheep and cattle,
8the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea,
9Yahweh, our Lord,