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Psalms 8 (NET)

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¹ O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! ² From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. ³ When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, ⁴ Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them, ⁵ and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty; ⁶ you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority, ⁷ including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals, ⁸ the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas. ⁹ O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!