Psalms 8 Comparison: Wycliffe Bible (1395) vs King James Version

Psalms 8

¹The title of the eiythe salm. To the ouercomere, for pressours, the salm of Dauid.

²Lord, thou art oure Lord; thi name is ful wonderful in al erthe. For thi greet doyng is reisid, aboue heuenes.

³Of the mouth of yonge children, not spekynge and soukynge mylk, thou madist perfitli heriyng, for thin enemyes; that thou destrie the enemy and avengere.

⁴For Y schal se thin heuenes, the werkis of thi fyngris; the moone and sterris, whiche thou hast foundid.

⁵What is a man, that thou art myndeful of hym; ethir the sone of a virgyn, for thou visitist hym?

⁶Thou hast maad hym a litil lesse than aungels; thou hast corouned hym with glorie and onour,

⁷and hast ordeyned hym aboue the werkis of thin hondis.

⁸Thou hast maad suget alle thingis vndur hise feet; alle scheep and oxis, ferthermore and the beestis of the feeld;

⁹the briddis of the eir, and the fischis of the see; that passen bi the pathis of the see.

¹⁰Lord, `thou art oure Lord; thi name `is wondurful in al erthe.

Psalms 8

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!