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Psalm 8 – Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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God’s Glory, Human Dignity

For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of David.

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LORD, our Lord,

how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!

You have covered the heavens with your majesty.[fn]

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From the mouths of infants and nursing babies,

you have established a stronghold[fn]

on account of your adversaries

in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.

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When I observe your heavens,

the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

which you set in place,

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what is a human being that you remember him,

a son of man[fn] that you look after him?

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You made him little less than God[fn][fn]

and crowned him with glory and honor.

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You made him ruler over the works of your hands;

you put everything under his feet:

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all the sheep and oxen,

as well as the animals in the wild,

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the birds of the sky,

and the fish of the sea

that pass through the currents of the seas.

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LORD, our Lord,

how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!

See the CSB Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
CSB Footnotes
Lit earth, which has set your splendor upon the heavens
LXX reads established praise
Or a mere mortal
LXX reads angels
Or heavenly beings ; Hb Elohim
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Psalm Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Open New Arabic Version Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras