>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/ps/8?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#07708::c07708) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/psalms/8.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Psalms/8.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/psa/8/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>This psalm, attributed to King David, is a song of worship and admiration for God's creation, intended for the people of Israel to recognize their special place and responsibilities within God's works. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God made everything beautiful in the sky and on earth, and He loves us very much, giving us special jobs to care for His creation. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>This chapter is a psalm of praise, expressing awe at God's majestic creation, including the heavens, moon, and stars. It reflects on the honor and responsibility given to humans, who are made just a little lower than angels, to have dominion over the earth's creatures. The psalm concludes by exalting the excellence of God's name throughout the earth. > >#Gospel/Creation #Gospel/Dominion #Gospel/Worship ###### 1 1 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. ###### 2 2 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. ###### 3 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; ###### 4 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? ###### 5 5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. ###### 6 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: ###### 7 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; ###### 8 8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. ###### 9 9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!