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Psalms 8

God's Glory and Human Dignity

1O LORD, our Lord,

your greatness is seen in all the world!

Your praise reaches up to the heavens;

2it is sung by children and babies.

You are safe and secure from all your enemies;

you stop anyone who opposes you.

Notes for verses 1–21 entry

Cross-references

3When I look at the sky, which you have made,

at the moon and the stars, which you set in their places —

4what are human beings, that you think of them;

mere mortals, that you care for them?

Notes for verses 3–41 entry

Cross-references

  • Psalms 8:4 – Job 7:17–18 ; Psalms 144:3 ; Hebrews 2:6–8

5Yet you made them inferior only to yourself;

you crowned them with glory and honour.

6You appointed them rulers over everything you made;

you placed them over all creation:

7sheep and cattle, and the wild animals too;

8the birds and the fish

and the creatures in the seas.

Notes for verses 5–82 entries

Text notes

Cross-references

  • Psalms 8:6 – 1 Corinthians 15:27 ; Ephesians 1:22 ; Hebrews 2:8

9O LORD, our Lord,

your greatness is seen in all the world!

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