Psalm 8. God’s Glory and Human Dignity

O Lord, our Lord,
your greatness is seen in all the world!
Your praise reaches up to the heavens;

2 it is sung by children and babies.
You are safe and secure from all your enemies;
you stop anyone who opposes you.

3 When I look at the sky, which you have made,
at the moon and the stars, which you set in their places—

4 what are human beings, that you think of them;
mere mortals, that you care for them?

5 Yet you made them inferior only to yourself;
you crowned them with glory and honor.

6 You appointed them rulers over everything you made;
you placed them over all creation:

7 sheep and cattle, and the wild animals too;

8 the birds and the fish
and the creatures in the seas.

9 O Lord, our Lord,