¹Lord, our Lord, your magnificent reputation fills the earth! Your majesty is greater than the heavens above,[#8:1. Literally, “name.” In Hebrew thought name was a description of reputation and character.]

²and is sung by the voices of children and infants. Your strength counters your opponents, silencing the enemy and the avenger.

³When I contemplate the heavens that your hands made, the moon and stars that you placed there,

⁴What are human beings that you should concern yourself with them? What are people that you should care for them?

⁵You created them a little lower than God, crowning them with glory and majesty.[#8:5. “God”: or, “the angels” or “heavenly beings.” The word used is “elohim,” one of the usual names for God.]

⁶You put them in charge of all that you made, giving them authority over everything:

⁷the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,

⁸the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea—everything that swims in the ocean.

⁹Lord, our Lord, your magnificent reputation fills the earth!