Psalm 8

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 O Lord our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in | all the | world ||

thou that hast set thy | glor•y a- | bove the | heavens! ||

2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, * be- | 3 cause of thine | ene•mies ||

that thou mightest still the | 3 enemy | and • the a- | venger. ||

3 For I will consider thy heavens, even the | 3 works of thy | fingers ||

the moon and the | stars, which | 3 thou hast or- | dained. ||

4 What is | man, that • thou art | mindful • of him? ||

and the | son of | 3 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 | 3 works of thy | hands ||

and thou hast put all things in sub- | jection | 3 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 | Gover•nor ||

how excellent is thy | Name in | all the | world! ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||