# Psalm 8 --- ## How Majestic Is Your Name! #### *For the choirmaster. According to Gittith {[[#^19-008-a| a ]]}. A Psalm of David.* - 1 O LORD, our Lord, - how majestic is Your name in all the earth! - You have set Your glory - above the heavens. - 2 From the mouths of children and infants - You have ordained praise {[[#^19-008-b| b ]]} - on account of Your adversaries, - to silence the enemy and avenger. - 3 When I behold Your heavens, - the work of Your fingers, - the moon and the stars, - which You have set in place — - 4 what is man that You are mindful of him, - or the son of man that You care for him? - 5 You made him a little lower than the angels {[[#^19-008-c| c ]]}; - You crowned him with glory and honor. - 6 You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; - You have placed everything under his feet {[[#^19-008-d| d ]]}: - 7 all sheep and oxen, - and even the beasts of the field, - 8 the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, - all that swim the paths of the seas. - 9 O LORD, our Lord, - how majestic is Your name in all the earth! --- ### Footnotes: - 1 a *Gittith*  is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in [[Psalm_081|Psalm 81]] and [[Psalm_084|Psalm 84]] ^19-008-a - 2 b Literally *You have ordained strength*; LXX *You have prepared praise*; cited in [[Matthew_21|Matthew 21.16]] ^19-008-b - 5 c {Or *than God*  or *than the heavenly beings* ; see also LXX. ^19-008-c - 6 d {Cited in [[1_Corinthians_15|1 Corinthians 15.27]] and [[Hebrews_02|Hebrews 2.6–8]]} ^19-008-d --- Previous chapter: [[Psalm_007]] Next chapter: [[Psalm_009]] TOC: [[TOC_Psalms]] --- ###### The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (https://bereanbible.com), BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub (https://biblehub.com), Discovery Bible (https://discoverybible.com), OpenBible.com (https://openbible.com), and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0). ---