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 great is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy praise above 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 mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou might still 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 consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

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 thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou dost visit him?

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

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels and hast crowned him with glory and beauty.

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

Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 A ll sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field,

all sheep and oxen, yea, 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 heavens, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through 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 great is thy name in all the earth!