1 To the Chief Musician; set to a Philistine lute, or possibly to a particular Hittite tune. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on or above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger. Matt. 21:15, 16.
3 When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established,
4 What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of earthborn man that You care for him?
5 Yet You have made him but a little lower than God or heavenly beings, and You have crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet: I Cor. 15:27; Eph. 1:22, 23; Heb. 2:6-8.
7 All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths of the seas.
9 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth!