Berean Study Bible | NET Bible |
1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens. | 1For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! |
2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger. | 2From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. |
3When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place— | 3When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, |
4what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? | 4Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them, |
5You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor. | 5and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty; |
6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet: | 6you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority, |
7all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field, | 7including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals, |
8the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. | 8the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas. |
9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! | 9O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! |
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