| Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) |
New International Version (NIV) |
|
1 For the leader. On the gittit. A psalm of David: ADONAI! Our Lord! How glorious is your name throughout the earth! The fame of your majesty spreads even above the heavens!
|
1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
|
|
2 From the mouths of babies and infants at the breast you established strength because of your foes, in order that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.
|
2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
|
|
3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and stars that you set in place -
|
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
|
|
4 what are mere mortals, that you concern yourself with them; humans, that you watch over them with such care?
|
4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
|
|
5 You made him but little lower than the angels, you crowned him with glory and honor,
|
5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
|
|
6 you had him rule what your hands made, you put everything under his feet -
|
6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:
|
|
7 sheep and oxen, all of them, also the animals in the wilds,
|
7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,
|
|
8 the birds in the air, the fish in the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
|
8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
|
|
9 ADONAI! Our Lord! How glorious is your name throughout the earth!
|
9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
|
| Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. (The Complete Jewish Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
