The Psalms of David in meeter: newly translated, and diligently compared with the originall text, and former translations, more plaine, smooth, and agreeable to the text, then any heretofore. ; Allowed by the authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in congregations and families.

PSAL. VIII. To the chief musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. (Book 8)

HOw excellent in all the earth, Lord, our Lord, is thy Name! Who hast thy glory far advanc'd above the starrie frame. From infants and from sucklings mouthLine 2 thou didest strength ordain, For thy foes cause, that so thou might'st th'avenging foe restrain.

When I look up unto the heavensLine 3 which thine own fingers fram'd, Unto the moon, and to the starres, which were by thee ordain'd; Then say I, what is man, that heLine 4 remembred is by thee? Or what the son of man, that thou so kind to him should be?

For thou a little lower hastLine 5 him then the angels made, With glory and with dignity thou crowned hast his head. Line 6

Of thy hand-works thou mad'st him Lord;Line 6 all under's feet didst lay: All sheep and oxen, yea, and beastsLine 7 that in the field do stray:

Fowls of the air, fish of the sea,Line 8 all that passe through the same. How excellent in all the earth,Line 9 Lord, our Lord, is thy Name!