Psalms, 8
God is wonderful in his works; especially in mankind, singularly exalted by the incarnation of Christ.
Domine, Dominus noster.
[1] Unto the end, for the presses 1: a psalm for David. •
The presses: In Hebrew, Gittith, supposed to be a musical instrument.
[2] O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens. •
[3] Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger. •
[4] For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: the moon and the stars which thou hast founded. •
[5] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? •
[6] Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: •
[7] And hast set him over the works of thy hands.
[8] Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover, the beasts also of the fields. •
[9] The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea. •
[10] O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! •