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Psalm 8 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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PSALM 8
The Glory of the LORD in Creation
To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath.[fn] A Psalm of David.
1 O LORD, our Lord,
​​How excellent is Your name in all the earth,
​​Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
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2 ​​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.
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3 ​​When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
​​The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 ​​What is man that You are mindful of him,
​​And the son of man that You visit him?
5 ​​For You have made him a little lower than the angels,[fn]
​​And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
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6 ​​You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
​​You have put all things under his feet,
7 ​​All sheep and oxen—
​​Even the beasts of the field,
8 ​​The birds of the air,
​​And the fish of the sea
​​That pass through the paths of the seas.
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9 ​​O LORD, our Lord,
​​How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Hebrew Al Gittith
Hebrew Elohim, God; Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Jewish tradition translate as angels.
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