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Psalms 8

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBFor the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens!
    KJVTo the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
  2. 2
    WEBFrom the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
    KJVOut 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. 3
    WEBWhen I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained,
    KJVWhen I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
  4. 4
    WEBwhat is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?
    KJVWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
  5. 5
    WEBFor you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.
    KJVFor thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
  6. 6
    WEBYou make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
    KJVThou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
  7. 7
    WEBAll sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,
    KJVAll sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
  8. 8
    WEBthe birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
    KJVThe fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
  9. 9
    WEBYahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
    KJVO LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
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