Psalm 8 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

The Wonderful Name of the Lord

(A psalm by David for the music leader. )

¹ Our Lord and Ruler, your name is wonderful everywhere on earth! You let your glory be seen in the heavens above.

² With praises from children and from tiny infants, you have built a fortress. It makes your enemies silent, and all who turn against you are left speechless.

³ I often think of the heavens your hands have made, and of the moon and stars you put in place.

⁴ Then I ask, “Why do you care about us humans? Why are you concerned for us weaklings?”

⁵ You made us a little lower than you yourself, and you have crowned us with glory and honor.

⁶ You let us rule everything your hands have made. And you put all of it under our power—

⁷ the sheep and the cattle, and every wild animal,

⁸ the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and all ocean creatures.

⁹ Our Lord and Ruler, your name is wonderful everywhere on earth!