Holman Christian Standard Bible | Christian Standard Bible |
1For the choir director: on the Gittith. A Davidic psalm. Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with Your majesty. | 1LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with your majesty. |
2Because of Your adversaries, You have established a stronghold from the mouths of children and nursing infants to silence the enemy and the avenger. | 2From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, you have established a stronghold on account of your adversaries in order to silence the enemy and the avenger. |
3When I observe Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You set in place, | 3When I observe your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place, |
4what is man that You remember him, the son of man that You look after him? | 4what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him? |
5You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor. | 5You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor. |
6You made him lord over the works of Your hands; You put everything under his feet: | 6You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: |
7all the sheep and oxen, as well as the animals in the wild, | 7all the sheep and oxen, as well as the animals in the wild, |
8the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea that pass through the currents of the seas. | 8the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea that pass through the currents of the seas. |
9Yahweh, our Lord, how magnificent is Your name throughout the earth! | 9LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! |
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