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1 <<For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.>> Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, Who has set your glory 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 lips of babes and infants you have established strength, Because of your adversaries, that you might 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 consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars, which you have ordained;
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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 man, that you think of him? The son of man, that you care for him?
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what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
5 For you have made him a little lower than God, And 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 make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:
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You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:
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