psalm

For the choir director; on the gittith; [a] a psalm by David.

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!

Your glory is sung above the heavens.

From the mouths of little children and infants,

you have built a fortress against your opponents

to silence the enemy and the avenger.

When I look at your heavens,

the creation of your fingers,

the moon and the stars that you have set in place—

what is a mortal that you remember him

or the Son of Man that you take care of him?

You have made him a little lower than yourself.

You have crowned him with glory and honor.

You have made him rule what your hands created.

You have put everything under his control:

all the sheep and cattle, the wild animals,

the birds, the fish,

whatever swims in the currents of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!

Footnotes

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