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1. A David psalm. GOD, brilliant Lord, yours is a household name.
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1. To the chief Musician H5329 upon H5921 Gittith H1665 , A Psalm H4210 of David H1732 . O LORD H3068 our Lord H113 , how H4100 excellent H117 is thy name H8034 in all H3605 the earth H776 ! who H834 hast set H5414 thy glory H1935 above H5921 the heavens H8064 .
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2. Nursing infants gurgle choruses about you; toddlers shout the songs That drown out enemy talk, and silence atheist babble.
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2. Out of the mouth H4480 H6310 of babes H5768 and sucklings H3243 hast thou ordained H3245 strength H5797 because of H4616 thine enemies H6887 , that thou mightest still H7673 the enemy H341 and the avenger H5358 .
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3. I look up at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handmade sky-jewelry, Moon and stars mounted in their settings.
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3. When H3588 I consider H7200 thy heavens H8064 , the work H4639 of thy fingers H676 , the moon H3394 and the stars H3556 , which H834 thou hast ordained H3559 ;
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4. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, Why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way?
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4. What H4100 is man H582 , that H3588 thou art mindful H2142 of him? and the son H1121 of man H120 , that H3588 thou visitest H6485 him?
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5. Yet we've so narrowly missed being gods, bright with Eden's dawn light.
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5. For thou hast made him a little lower H2637 H4592 than the angels H4480 H430 , and hast crowned H5849 him with glory H3519 and honor H1926 .
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6. You put us in charge of your handcrafted world, repeated to us your Genesis-charge,
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6. Thou madest him to have dominion H4910 over the works H4639 of thy hands H3027 ; thou hast put H7896 all H3605 things under H8478 his feet H7272 :
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7. Made us lords of sheep and cattle, even animals out in the wild,
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7. All H3605 sheep H6792 and oxen H504 , yea H1571 , and the beasts H929 of the field H7704 ;
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8. Birds flying and fish swimming, whales singing in the ocean deeps.
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8. The fowl H6833 of the air H8064 , and the fish H1709 of the sea H3220 , and whatsoever passeth through H5674 the paths H734 of the seas H3220 .
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9. GOD, brilliant Lord, your name echoes around the world.
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9. O LORD H3068 our Lord H113 , how H4100 excellent H117 is thy name H8034 in all H3605 the earth H776 !
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