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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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To the Chief Musician. On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens!
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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Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength, Because of Your enemies, That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
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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When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
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What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
5 You have made them a little lower than the angelsand crowned them with glory and honor.
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For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him 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 have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild,
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All sheep and oxen-- Even the beasts of the field,
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 of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.
9 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
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O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
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