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1 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.
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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 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe 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 consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
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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 are mere mortals that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
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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 You have made them a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned them 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 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their 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 flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,
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7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,
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8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
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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 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your 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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