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

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

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

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

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

7 A ll sheep and oxen, yea, 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.

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