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New Living Translation NLT
1 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!
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O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens.
2 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.
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You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
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 look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers— the moon and the stars you set in place—
4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him?
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what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?
5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.
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Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.
6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet,
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You gave them charge of everything you made, putting all things under their authority—
7 All sheep and oxen-- Even the beasts of the field,
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the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals,
8 The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.
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the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents.
9 O Lord, our Lord, How excellent is Your name in all the earth!
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O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!