THE *BOOK OF
PSALMS.

Psalm 8 ©

David extols most highly God’s majesty, almighty power and wonderful government; especially His incomprehensible mercy and grace unto wretched man, in the Messiah Jesus Christ.

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To the 1chief Musician upon 2Gittith, A Psalm of David.

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O LORD our Lord, how 3excellent is thy 4name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory 5above the heavens.

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Out of thea mouth of 6babes and 7sucklings hast thou 8ordained 9strength because of thine 10enemies, that thou mightest 11still the enemy and the 12avenger.

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13When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy 14fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou 15hast ordained;

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Whatb is 16man, that thou art 17mindful of him? and 18the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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For thou hast made him 19a 20little lower than the 21angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

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Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thouc hast put 22all things under his feet:

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All 23sheep and 24oxen, yea, and the 25beasts of the field;

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26The fowl of the 27air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the 28seas.

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O LORD our Lord, 29how excellent is thy name in all the earth!