1 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on the heavens.

2 O ut of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger.

3 W hen I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established,

4 w hat is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You care for him?

5 F or thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Yet You have made him but a little lower than God, and You have crowned him with glory and honor.

6 T hou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet:

7 a ll sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field,

8 t he fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth!