Psalm 8

God gives people authority over the things that he has made

¹Lord , our ruler,

your name is famous all over the world.

The sky above shows how great you are.

²You have taught children and babies to praise you.

You do that to show your enemies how strong you are.

Anyone who turns against you has to be quiet.

Your cruel enemies can do nothing!

³You made the skies with your own hands.

When I look up, I see the moon and the stars.

You have put them all in their right place.

⁴So why do you even think about men and women?

Why do you take care of humans?

⁵You have made them a little lower than God himself.[#8:5 ‘lower than God himself’ or ‘lower than the ’.]

You have given them honour , like kings.

⁶You have chosen them to rule everything that you have made.

You have put everything under their authority.

^7-8Yes! Humans rule them all:

Farm animals and wild animals,

birds, fish and all the things that swim in the sea.

⁹Lord , our ruler,

your name is famous all over the world.