1 T o the Overseer, `On the Gittith.' A Psalm of David. Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens.

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

2 F rom the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.

Out 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 F or I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish.

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

4 W hat man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him?

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

5 A nd causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him.

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

6 T hou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet.

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

7 S heep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field,

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 B ird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas!

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 J ehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth!

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