Bible for Soul
Book 19 of 66 · Poetry & Wisdom

PsalmsChapter 8 · shepherd and flock and humanity and family

9 verses1 sections1 min readPoetry & worshipComplete KJV text

Psalms 8 contains 9 verses in the King James Version. This page presents the complete chapter, a section-by-section outline, and direct links to every verse. Its recurring subjects include shepherd and flock, humanity and family, and angels and messengers.

Chapter at a glance

What is in Psalms 8?

The chapter opens, “O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.” It closes in verse 9, “O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!” The outline below follows the text in order.

Primary themes
shepherd and flockhumanity and familyangels and messengers
Passage
Psalms 8:1–9
Reading time
About 1 minute · 166 words
Section-by-section outline

Psalms 8 outline

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  1. Verses 1–9

    Shepherd and Flock · Humanity and Family

    O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

King James Version · complete chapter

Psalms 8 KJV

1O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 2Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: 7All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; 8The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 9O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!