Psalm 8

(Hymn of praise, dignity of humans, unique relationship with Creator)
(could be sung  responsorially or antiphonal

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is they name in all the earth!
Who hast set they glory above the heavens.                                                                

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained
strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightiest
still the enemy and the avenger.

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon
and the stars, which thou hast ordained.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him! And the son of man,
that thou visitest him?

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast
crowned him with glory and honor.

That thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
thou hast put all things under;

All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
through the paths of the sea.

O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!