GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth! Your glory is sung above the heavens.
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LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.
2 From the mouths of little children and infants, you have built a fortress against your opponents to silence the enemy and the avenger.
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Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I look at your heavens, the creation of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have set in place--
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When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is a mortal that you remember him or the Son of Man that you take care of him?
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what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
5 You have made him a little lower than yourself. You have crowned him with glory and honor.
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You have made them a little lower than the angelsand crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You have made him rule what your hands created. You have put everything under his control:
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You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:
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