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

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!

2 O ut 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.

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might 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 are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

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

For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.

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

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

7 A ll sheep and oxen— Even the beasts of the field,

All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

8 T he birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.

The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

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

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!