1 O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!

O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!

2 F rom the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.

3 W hen I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained;

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

4 W hat is man that You take thought 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 visit him?

5 Y et You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty!

For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

6 Y ou make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,

You have 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, And also the beasts of the field,

All sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field,

8 T he birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

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