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Psalm 8

	Psa 8:1	To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. [fn] A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, How excellent [is] Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
	Psa 8:2	Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
	Psa 8:3	When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
	Psa 8:4	What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
	Psa 8:5	For You have made him a little lower than the angels, [fn] And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
	Psa 8:6	You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all [things] under his feet,
	Psa 8:7	All sheep and oxen--Even the beasts of the field,
	Psa 8:8	The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.
	Psa 8:9	O LORD, our Lord, How excellent [is] Your name in all the earth!

NKJV Footnotes:

(8:1) Hebrew Al Gittith
(8:5) Hebrew Elohim, God; Septuagint, Syriac, Targum, and Jewish tradition translate as angels.

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