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Psalm 8

The Prophet conſidering the excellent liberalitie and fatherlie prouidence of God towards man, whome he made, as it were a god ouer all his workes, doeth not onely giue great thankes, but is aſtoniſhed with the admiration of the ſame, as one nothing able to compaſſe ſuche great mercies.
¶ To him that excelleth on Gittith. A Pſalme of Dauid.
1.O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde! which haſt ſet thy glorie aboue the heauens.
2.Out of the mouth of babes and ſuckelings haſt thou ordeined ſtrength, becauſe of thine enemies, that thou mighteſt ſtil the enemie and the auenger.
3.When I beholde thine heauens, euen the workes of thy fingers, the moone and the ſtarres which thou haſt ordeined,
4.What is man, ſay I, that thou art mindful of him? and the ſonne of mã, that thou viſiteſt him?
5.For thou haſt made him a litle lower thẽ God, and crowned him with glorie and worſhip.
6.Thou haſt made him to haue dominion in the workes of thine hands: thou haſt put all things vnder his fete.
7.All ſhepe and oxen: yea, and the beaſtes of the field:
8.The foules of the aire, and the fiſh of the ſea, & that which paſſeth through the paths of the ſeas.
9.O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy Name in all the worlde!

Notes

1:".
Or, kinde of inſtrumẽt, or tune.
1:".
Or, noble or maruelous.
2:a.
Thogh the wicked wolde hide Gods praiſes, yet ye very babes are ſufficiẽt witneſſes of the ſame
2:".
Or, eſtabliſhed.
2:".
Or, confounde.
4:b.
It had bene ſufficient for him to haue ſet forthe his glorie by the heauẽs, thogh he had not come ſo low as to man, which is but duſt
5:c.
Touchĩg his firſt creation.
7:d.
By the temporal gifts of mans creation he is led to cõſider the benefites which he hathe by his regeneration through Chriſt