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Verse 1

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!

Verse 2

From the lips of babes and infants you have established strength, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

Verse 3

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

Verse 4

what is man, that you think of him? What is the son of man, that you care for him?

Verse 5

For you have made him a little lower than God, and crowned him with glory and honor.

Verse 6

You make him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

Verse 7

All sheep and cattle, yes, and the animals of the field,

Verse 8

The birds of the sky, the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

Verse 9

Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Death of the Son." A Psalm by David.

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