You have made them[a] a little lower than the angels[b](A)
    and crowned them[c] with glory and honor.(B)
You made them rulers(C) over the works of your hands;(D)
    you put everything under their[d] feet:(E)
all flocks and herds,(F)
    and the animals of the wild,(G)
the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,(H)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!(I)

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  1. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  2. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
  3. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  4. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

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

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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For You have made him a little lower than [a]the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

(A)You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
(B)You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.

(C)O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:5 Heb. Elohim, God; LXX, Syr., Tg., Jewish tradition angels