DAILY BREAD-2-8-11-(PS 8)

Psalm 8 (New International Version, ©2010) Psalm 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 in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. 2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against 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 mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?[c] 5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e] and crowned them[f] with glory and honor. 6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their[g] feet: 7 all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, 8 the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. 9 LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Footnotes: a.Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10. b.Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term c.Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him? d.Psalm 8:5 Or him e.Psalm 8:5 Or than God f.Psalm 8:5 Or him g.Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his

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DAILY BREAD-2-8-11-(PS 8)

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