# Psalm 8 ## Psalm 8:1 - [KJV] O LORD our Lord, how excellent *is* thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. - [ASV] O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens! - [YLT] Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! Who settest thine honour on the heavens. ### Notes on Psalm 8:1 - ## Psalm 8:2 - [KJV] 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. - [ASV] Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou established strength, Because of thine adversaries, That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. - [YLT] From the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger. ### Notes on Psalm 8:2 - ## Psalm 8:3 - [KJV] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; - [ASV] When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; - [YLT] For I see Thy heavens, a work of Thy fingers, Moon and stars that Thou didst establish. ### Notes on Psalm 8:3 - ## Psalm 8:4 - [KJV] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? - [ASV] What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him? - [YLT] What *is* man that Thou rememberest him? The son of man that Thou inspectest him? ### Notes on Psalm 8:4 - ## Psalm 8:5 - [KJV] For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. - [ASV] For thou hast made him but little lower than God, And crownest him with glory and honor. - [YLT] And causest him to lack a little of Godhead, And with honour and majesty compassest him. ### Notes on Psalm 8:5 - ## Psalm 8:6 - [KJV] Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all *things* under his feet: - [ASV] Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet: - [YLT] Thou dost cause him to rule Over the works of Thy hands, All Thou hast placed under his feet. ### Notes on Psalm 8:6 - ## Psalm 8:7 - [KJV] All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; - [ASV] All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field, - [YLT] Sheep and oxen, all of them, And also beasts of the field, ### Notes on Psalm 8:7 - ## Psalm 8:8 - [KJV] The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, *and whatsoever* passeth through the paths of the seas. - [ASV] The birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, Whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. - [YLT] Bird of the heavens, and fish of the sea, Passing through the paths of the seas! ### Notes on Psalm 8:8 - ## Psalm 8:9 - [KJV] O LORD our Lord, how excellent *is* thy name in all the earth! - [ASV] O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth! - [YLT] Jehovah, our Lord, How honourable Thy name in all the earth! ### Notes on Psalm 8:9 -