New International Version NIV
New Century Version NCV
1 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.
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Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth! It brings you praise in heaven above.
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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You have taught children and babies to sing praises to you because of your enemies. And so you silence your enemies and destroy those who try to get even.
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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I look at your heavens, which you made with your fingers. I see the moon and stars, which you created.
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
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But why are people important to you? Why do you take care of human beings?
5 You have made them a little lower than the angelsand crowned them with glory and honor.
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You made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet:
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You put them in charge of everything you made. You put all things under their control:
7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,
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all the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,
8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
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the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that lives under water.
9 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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Lord our Lord, your name is the most wonderful name in all the earth! For the director of music. To the tune of "The Death of the Son." A psalm of David.