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1 To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth! Thou whose glory above the heavens is chanted
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1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
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2 by the mouth of babes and infants, thou hast founded a bulwark because of thy foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.
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2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
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3 When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast established;
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3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
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4 what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him?
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4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?
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5 Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor.
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5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.
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6 Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet,
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6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:
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7 all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,
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7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,
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8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.
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8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
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9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth!
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9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) |
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