Psalm 8. Domine, Dominus noster.

1. O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world; *
   thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens!
2. Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, *
   that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3. When I consider thy heavens, even the work of thy fingers; *
   the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained;
4. What is man, that thou art mindful of him? *
   and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5. Thou madest him lower than the angels, *
   to crown him with glory and worship.
6. Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands; *
   and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet:
7. All sheep and oxen; *
   yea, and the beasts of the field;
8. The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; *
   and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
9. O Lord our Governor, *
   how excellent is thy Name in all the world!