Parallel Bible results for "Psalm 8:1-6"

Psalms 8:1-6

American Standard Version ASV

New International Version NIV

1 O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!

1 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

2 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 thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

3 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 thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?

4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

5 For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor.

5 You have made them a little lower than the angelsand crowned them with glory and honor.

6 Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:

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