Eve of Pentacost
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Psalms 8
Psalm 8[a]
For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.
1 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name(a) in all the earth!
You have set your glory(b)
in the heavens.(c)
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold(d) against your enemies,
to silence the foe(e) and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,(f)
the work of your fingers,(g)
the moon and the stars,(h)
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[c](i)
5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e](j)
and crowned them[f] with glory and honor.(k)
6 You made them rulers(l) over the works of your hands;(m)
you put everything under their[g] feet:(n)
7 all flocks and herds,(o)
and the animals of the wild,(p)
8 the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,(q)
all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!(r)
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