MHRPC: Psalm 8A

Psalm 8A: Psalm 8

Dunfermline, C.M. [G]

1. ¹ O LORD, our Lord, in all the earth
        how excellent Thy name!
Thou hast Thy glory spread afar
        Upon the starry frame.

2. ² From mouths of sucklings and of babes
        Thou hast a strength ordained,
That adversaries should be stilled
        And vengeful foes restrained.

3. ³ When I regard the heav'ns above
        Which Thine own fingers framed,
And look upon the moon and stars
        Which were by Thee ordained;

4. ⁴ O what is man, that Thou dost him
        Within Thy thought retain?
Or what the son of man, that Thou
        To visit him dost deign?

5. ⁵ For Thou a little lower hast
        Him than the angels made;
A crown of glory and renown
        Hast placed upon his head.

6. ⁶ Thou mad'st him lord of all Thy works;
        Beneath him all things be:
⁷ All flocks and herds, all beasts ⁸ and birds,
        And fishes of the sea,

7. And whatsoever living thing
        The paths of ocean claim.
⁹ O LORD, our Lord, in all the earth
        How excellent Thy name!

1.	¹ O LORD, our Lord, in all the earth how excellent Thy name! Thou hast Thy glory spread afar Upon the starry frame.
2.	² From mouths of sucklings and of babes Thou hast a strength ordained, That adversaries should be stilled And vengeful foes restrained.
3.	³ When I regard the heav'ns above Which Thine own fingers framed, And look upon the moon and stars Which were by Thee ordained;
4.	⁴ O what is man, that Thou dost him Within Thy thought retain? Or what the son of man, that Thou To visit him dost deign?
5.	⁵ For Thou a little lower hast Him than the angels made; A crown of glory and renown Hast placed upon his head.
6.	⁶ Thou mad'st him lord of all Thy works; Beneath him all things be: ⁷ All flocks and herds, all beasts ⁸ and birds, And fishes of the sea,
7.	And whatsoever living thing The paths of ocean claim. ⁹ O LORD, our Lord, in all the earth How excellent Thy name!