[[Psalm 7|<< Psalm 7]] | [[Psalms|Psalms]] | [[Psalm 9|Psalm 9 >>]] ### Psalm 8 > To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. 1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent _is_ thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. ^1 2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. ^2 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; ^3 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? ^4 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. ^5 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all _things_ under his feet: ^6 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; ^7 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, _and_ _whatsoever_ passes through the paths of the seas. ^8 9 O LORD our Lord, how excellent _is_ thy name in all the earth! ^9