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 majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor 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.

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

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

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

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

What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?

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

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

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

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

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

All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,

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

The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

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

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