WHY WE WRE VALUABLE

Psalm 8


For the director of music. According to gittith [a].

A psalm of David.

1 O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory

above the heavens.

2 From the lips of children and infants

you have ordained praise [b]

because of your enemies,

to silence the foe 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,



4 what is man that you are mindful of him,

the son of man that you care for him?



5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings [c]

and crowned him with glory and honor.



6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands;

you put everything under his feet:



7 all flocks and herds,

and the beasts of the field,



8 the birds of the air,

and the fish of the sea,

all that swim the paths of the seas.



9 O LORD, our Lord,

how majestic is your name in all the earth!