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

O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon 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 mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, 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;

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

What 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.

For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest 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:

Thou makest 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;

All 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.

The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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

O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!