the Fourth Week of Advent
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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Psalms 8
The Lord's Glory and Man's Dignity.
For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth,
Who have [a](a)displayed Your splendor above the heavens!
2 (b)From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established [b](c)strength
Because of Your adversaries,
To make (d)the enemy and the revengeful cease.
3 When I [c](e)consider (f)Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The (g)moon and the stars, which You have [d]ordained;
4 (h)What is man that You [e]take thought of him,
And the son of man that You care for him?
5 Yet You have made him a (i)little lower than [f]God,
And (j)You crown him with (k)glory and majesty!
6 You make him to (l)rule over the works of Your hands;
You have (m)put all things under his feet,
7 All sheep and oxen,
And also the [g]beasts of the field,
8 The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,
Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
9 (n)O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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