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To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

Jehovah our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

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Psalm 8[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name(A) in all the earth!

You have set your glory(B)
    in the heavens.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
  2. Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term

When I see thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and stars, which thou hast established;

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When I consider your heavens,(A)
    the work of your fingers,(B)
the moon and the stars,(C)
    which you have set in place,

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Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:

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You made them rulers(A) over the works of your hands;(B)
    you put everything under their[a] feet:(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his

The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, [whatever] passeth through the paths of the seas.

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the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,(A)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

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