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Psalm 8:6-8
New English Translation

6 you appoint them to rule over your creation;[a]
you have placed[b] everything under their authority,[c]
7 including all the sheep and cattle,
as well as the wild animals,[d]
8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea,
and everything that moves through the currents[e] of the seas.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:6 tn Heb “you cause [i.e., “permit, allow”] him to rule over the works of your hands.”
  2. Psalm 8:6 tn The perfect verbal form probably has a present perfect nuance here. It refers to the continuing effects of God’s original mandate (see Gen 1:26-30).
  3. Psalm 8:6 tn Heb “under his feet.”sn Placed everything under their authority. This verse affirms that mankind rules over God’s creation as his vice-regent. See Gen 1:26-30.
  4. Psalm 8:7 tn Heb “and also the beasts of the field.”
  5. Psalm 8:8 tn Heb “paths.”
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Psalm 8:6-8
New International Version

6 You made them rulers(A) over the works of your hands;(B)
    you put everything under their[a] feet:(C)
7 all flocks and herds,(D)
    and the animals of the wild,(E)
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,(F)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his
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