The following is an English translation of Psalm 8 into song by linguists & professional musicians under the auspices of The Spoken English Bible , an oral Bible translation designed to reach Americans who may not yet engage with Scripture and to serve as a model for Bible translation in minority languages.

Lyrics:
1 Oh Yahweh, how majestic is Your name Inscribed on the earth?
Yahweh, You’re the One in charge of our lives,
Your face shines in all You create.
Ooh, isn’t it lovely?
You have made the heavens shine!
And how beautiful, majestic, and divine
You are!
2 Infants cry to You, and You place Your strength Into them, so the enemy
Cannot speak one word because
You’re too powerful.
3 Ooh, as I look at how
You have placed the moon and stars,
With Your fingertips, 4 who are we?
Why care for us?
Son of Adam, why care for him?
5 Yet You made all humanity
Just a little lower than the angels,
And You crowned us royals
With honor and respect.
6 Ooh, You entrusted us with the beauty You have made,
Who are we?
You placed all this at our feet.
7 All the sheep, all the herds, and even the wild animals, and birds that fly, and fish at sea, and creatures ocean deep…
9 Ooh, how majestic is Your signature inscribed Over all the earth, Yahweh, One in charge of our lives.

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