The Days of Christmas: The Feast of the Holy Innocents: Morning Prayer: First Psalm: Psalm 8
O LORD our Governor, how excellent is thy Name in all the world; * thou that hast set thy glory above the heavens! 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength, because of thine enemies, * that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 3 When I consider thy heavens, even the work of thy fingers; * the moon and the stars which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? * and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5 Thou madest him lower than the angels, * to crown him with glory and worship. 6 Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands; * and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet: 7 All sheep and oxen; * yea, and the beasts of the field; 8 The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea; * and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. 9 O LORD our Governor, * how excellent is thy Name in all the world!