Psalms 8:1
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David.
What it says
For the choirmaster according to Gittith, a psalm of David proclaiming the majesty of the LORD's name in all the earth.
What it is doing
This verse opens the psalm with liturgical praise to the Creator.
In context
1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. 2From the mouths of children and infants 3When I behold Your heavens, 4what is man that You are mindful of him, 5You made him a little lower than the angels; 6You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; 7all sheep and oxen, 8the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, 9O LORD, our Lord,