Psalm 8

Second version

1O Lord our governor, ♦
how glorious is your name in all the world!

2Your majesty above the heavens is praised ♦
out of the mouths of babes at the breast.

3You have founded a stronghold against your foes, ♦
that you might still the enemy and the avenger.

4When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, ♦
the moon and the stars that you have ordained,

5What are mortals, that you should be mindful of them; ♦
mere human beings, that you should seek them out?

6You have made them little lower than the angels ♦
and crown them with glory and honour.

7You have given them dominion over the works of your hands ♦
and put all things under their feet,

8All sheep and oxen, ♦
even the wild beasts of the field,

9The birds of the air, the fish of the sea ♦
and whatsoever moves in the paths of the sea.

10O Lord our governor, ♦
how glorious is your name in all the world!