Psalm 8

1 Lord, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your gloryin the heavens.

2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies,to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens,the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars,which you have set in place,

4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,human beings that you care for them?

5 You have made them a little lower than the angelsand crowned them with glory and honor.

6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;you put everything under their feet:

7 all flocks and herds,and the animals of the wild,

8 the birds in the sky,and the fish in the sea,all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 Lord, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth!