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Psalms 8

King James Version (KJV) - 1769

9 verses - Formal equivalence - Public Domain

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Psalms 8:1

O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Psalms 8:2

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

Psalms 8:3

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

Psalms 8:4

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Psalms 8:5

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

Psalms 8:6

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

Psalms 8:7

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

Psalms 8:8

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

Psalms 8:9

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

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