God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love to man.
 8:1 ¶
[[For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David.]] O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens! |
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 8:1 ¶
[[To the chief Musicianºº
uponº
Gittith,º
A Psalmº
of David.]]º
O LORDº
our Lord,º
howº
excellentº
[is] thy nameº
in allº
the earth!º
whoº
hast setºº
thy gloryº
aboveº
the heavens.º |
 8:2
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. |
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 8:2
Out of the mouthºº
of babesº
and sucklingsºº
hast thou ordainedºº
strengthº
because ofº
thine enemies,ºº
that thou mightest stillºº
the enemyºº
and the avenger.ºº |
 8:3
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; |
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 8:3
Whenº
I considerºº
thy heavens,º
the workº
of thy fingers,º
the moonº
and the stars,º
whichº
thou hast ordained;ºº |
 8:4
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? |
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 8:4
Whatº
is man,º
thatº
thou art mindfulºº
of him? and the sonº
of man,º
thatº
thou visitestºº
him? |
 8:5
For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor. |
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 8:5
For thou hast made him a littleº
lowerººº
than the angels,ºº
and hast crownedºº
him with gloryº
and honour.º |
 8:6
Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: |
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 8:6
Thou madest him to have dominionºº
over the worksº
of thy hands;º
thou hast putºº
allº
[things] underº
his feet:º |
 8:7
All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field, |
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 8:7
Allº
sheepº
and oxen,º
yea,º
and the beastsº
of the field;º |
 8:8
The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. |
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 8:8
The fowlº
of the air,º
and the fishº
of the sea,º
[and whatsoever] passeth throughºº
the pathsº
of the seas.º |
 8:9
O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth! |
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 8:9
O LORDº
our Lord,º
howº
excellentº
[is] thy nameº
in allº
the earth!º |