1 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on 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 mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence 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 view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established,

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

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

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

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

6 Y ou made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have 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, yes, and the beasts of the field,

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

8 T he birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along 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 (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth!

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