Psalms Chapter 8 American Standard-ASV1901

Psalms 8:1

O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

Psalms 8:2

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Psalms 8:3

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Psalms 8:4

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Psalms 8:5

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

Psalms 8:6

Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

Psalms 8:7

All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

Psalms 8:8

The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

Psalms 8:9

O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Psalm 9 For the Chief Musician; set to Muthlabben. A Psalm of David.