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Psalm 8God's Glory, Human Dignity
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Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with your majesty.
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From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, you have established a stronghold on account of your adversaries in order to silence the enemy and the avenger.
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When I observe your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you set in place,
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what is a human being that you remember him, a son of man that you look after him?
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You made him little less than God and crowned him with glory and honor.
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You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet:
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all the sheep and oxen, as well as the animals in the wild,
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the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea that pass through the currents of the seas.
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Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth!