1 For the leader. On the gittit. A
psalm of David: ADONAI! Our Lord! How glorious is your name throughout the
earth! The fame of your majesty spreads even above the heavens!
2 From the mouths of babies and infants
at the breast you established strength because of your foes, in order that you
might silence the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the work
of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place -
4 what are mere mortals, that you
concern yourself with them; humans, that you watch over them with such
care?
5 You made him but little lower than
the angels, you crowned him with glory and honor,
6 you had him rule what your hands
made, you put everything under his feet -
7 sheep and oxen, all of them, also the
animals in the wilds,
8 the birds in the air, the fish in the
sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 ADONAI! Our Lord! How glorious is
your name throughout the earth!
