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The music leader must use special music.

This is a song that David wrote.

The sky at night[a]

Lord, our ruler,
    your name is famous all over the world.
    The sky above shows how great you are.
You have taught children and babies to praise you.
You do that to show your enemies how strong you are.
    Anyone who turns against you has to be quiet.
    Your cruel enemies can do nothing!
You made the skies with your own hands.
When I look up, I see the moon and the stars.
    You have put them all in their right place.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:1 When he was a young man, David was a shepherd. He was with his sheep on the hills at night. David saw the moon and the stars in the sky. He knew that God made them all.

Psalm 8[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name(A) in all the earth!

You have set your glory(B)
    in the heavens.(C)
Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold(D) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe(E) and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens,(F)
    the work of your fingers,(G)
the moon and the stars,(H)
    which you have set in place,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
  2. Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term