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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 8, Verse 1

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I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
King James Version
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
American Standard Version
[For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth, Who hast set thy glory upon the heavens!
New English Translation
For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!
World English Bible
Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, who has set your glory above the heavens!
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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.
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When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
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What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
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For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
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Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all [things] under his feet:
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All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
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The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
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O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth!
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To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David. I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
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I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.