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World English Bible

Psalm 8 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!
[2] From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
[3] When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
[4] what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
[5] For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.
[6] You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
[7] All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
[8] the birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
[9] Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 8:5 Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in .

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 8 (KJVS)

[1] O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! Who hast set () thy glory above the heavens.
[2] Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings () hast thou ordained () strength because of thine enemies, () That thou mightest still () the enemy () and the avenger. ()
[3] When I consider () thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; ()
[4] What is man, that thou art mindful () of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest () him?
[5] For thou hast made him a little lower () than the angels, And hast crowned () him with glory and honour.
[6] Thou madest him to have dominion () over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put () all things under his feet:
[7] All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field;
[8] The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through () the paths of the seas.
[9] O Lord our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Psalm 8:2 Heb. founded
Psalm 8:7 Heb. flocks and oxen, all of them

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 8 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος, () ὑπὲρ () τῶν () ληνῶν· () ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ. () Κύριε () ὁ () κύριος () ἡμῶν, () ὡς () θαυμαστὸν () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου () ἐν () πάσῃ () τῇ () γῇ, () ὅτι () ἐπήρθη () ἡ () μεγαλοπρέπειά σου () ὑπεράνω () τῶν () οὐρανῶν. ()
[2] Ἐκ () στόματος () νηπίων () καὶ () θηλαζόντων () κατηρτίσω () αἶνον () ἕνεκα () τῶν () ἐχθρῶν () σου () τοῦ () καταλῦσαι () ἐχθρὸν () καὶ () ἐκδικητήν.
[3] Ὅτι () ὄψομαι () τοὺς () οὐρανούς, () ἔργα () τῶν () δακτύλων () σου, () σελήνην () καὶ () ἀστέρας, () ἃ () σὺ () ἐθεμελίωσας. ()
[4] Τί () ἐστιν () ἄνθρωπος, () ὅτι () μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ, () ἢ () υἱὸς () ἀνθρώπου, () ὅτι () ἐπισκέπτῃ () αὐτόν; ()
[5] Ἠλάττωσας () αὐτὸν () βραχύ () τι () παρ’ () ἀγγέλους, () δόξῃ () καὶ () τιμῇ () ἐστεφάνωσας () αὐτόν· ()
[6] καὶ () κατέστησας () αὐτὸν () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ἔργα () τῶν () χειρῶν () σου, () πάντα () ὑπέταξας () ὑποκάτω () τῶν () ποδῶν () αὐτοῦ, ()
[7] πρόβατα () καὶ () βόας () πάσας, () ἔτι () δὲ () καὶ () τὰ () κτήνη () τοῦ () πεδίου,
[8] τὰ () πετεινὰ τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () τοὺς () ἰχθύας () τῆς () θαλάσσης, () τὰ () διαπορευόμενα () τρίβους () θαλασσῶν. ()
[9] Κύριε () ὁ () κύριος () ἡμῶν, () ὡς () θαυμαστὸν () τὸ () ὄνομά () σου () ἐν () πάσῃ () τῇ () γῇ. ()

Psalm 8:1 Originally verses 8:1–2.
Psalm 8:2 Originally verse 8:3.
Psalm 8:3 Originally verse 8:4.
Psalm 8:4 Originally verse 8:5.
Psalm 8:5 Originally verse 8:6.
Psalm 8:6 Originally verse 8:7.
Psalm 8:7 Originally verse 8:8.
Psalm 8:8 Originally verse 8:9.
Psalm 8:9 Originally verse 8:10.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.