Testaments

Psalms - Chapter 8 - Bible Basic English

  1. To the chief music-maker on the Gittith. A Psalm. Of David.
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  4. \O Lord, our Lord, whose glory is higher than the heavens, how noble is your name in all the earth!
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  7. \You have made clear your strength even out of the mouths of babies at the breast, because of those who are against you; so that you may put to shame the cruel and violent man.
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  10. \When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have put in their places;
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  13. \What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?
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  16. \For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.
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  19. \You have made him ruler over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet;
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  22. \All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;
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  25. \The birds of the air and the fish of the sea, and whatever goes through the deep waters of the seas.
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  28. \O Lord, our Lord, how noble is your name in all the earth!