Mga Awit 8
Magandang Balita Biblia
Kaluwalhatian ng Diyos at Dignidad ng Tao
Katha ni David upang awitin ng Punong Mang-aawit: sa saliw ng Gittith.[a]
8 O Yahweh, na aming Panginoon,
sa buong mundo'y tunay kang dakila!
Iyong papuri'y abot sa langit!
2 Pinupuri(A) ka ng mga bata't bagong silang,
ikaw ay nagtayo ng isang tanggulan,
kaya't natahimik ang lahat ng iyong kaaway.
3 Pinagmasdan ko ang langit na gawa ng iyong kamay,
pati ang buwan at mga bituin na iyong inilagay.
4 Ano(B) ba ang tao upang iyong pahalagahan;
o ang anak ng tao upang iyong pangalagaan?
5 Nilikha(C) mo siyang mababa sa iyo[b] nang kaunti,
pinuspos mo siya ng dangal at ng luwalhati.
6 Ginawa(D) mo siyang pinuno ng lahat ng iyong nilikha,
sa lahat ng mga bagay, siya ang iyong pinamahala:
7 mga tupa at kawan pati na ang mababangis,
8 lahat ng ibong lumilipad, at mga isda sa karagatan,
at lahat ng nilikhang nasa karagatan.
9 O Yahweh, na aming Panginoon,
sa buong mundo'y tunay kang dakila!
Footnotes
- Mga Awit 8:1 GITTITH: Ang kahulugan ng salitang ito'y maaaring tumutukoy sa isang uri ng instrumento o sa isang uri ng tono.
- Mga Awit 8:5 iyo: o kaya'y mga anghel .
Psalm 8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Psalm 8[a]
Divine Majesty and Human Dignity
1 For the leader; “upon the gittith.”[b] A psalm of David.
2 O Lord, our Lord,
how awesome is your name through all the earth!
I will sing of your majesty above the heavens
3 with the mouths of babes(A) and infants.[c]
You have established a bulwark against your foes,
to silence enemy and avenger.
4 When I see your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and stars that you set in place—
5 [d]What is man that you are mindful of him,(B)
and a son of man that you care for him?(C)
6 Yet you have made him little less than a god,[e]
crowned him with glory and honor.
7 You have given him rule over the works of your hands,(D)
put all things at his feet:
8 All sheep and oxen,
even the beasts of the field,
9 The birds of the air, the fish of the sea,
and whatever swims the paths of the seas.
10 O Lord, our Lord,
how awesome is your name through all the earth!
Footnotes
- Psalm 8 While marvelling at the limitless grandeur of God (Ps 8:2–3), the psalmist is struck first by the smallness of human beings in creation (Ps 8:4–5), and then by the royal dignity and power that God has graciously bestowed upon them (Ps 8:6–9).
- 8:1 Upon the gittith: probably the title of the melody to which the Psalm was to be sung or a musical instrument.
- 8:3 With the mouths of babes and infants: the psalmist realizes that his attempts to praise such an awesome God are hopelessly inadequate and amount to little more than the sounds made by infants. Established a bulwark: an allusion to lost myth telling how God built a fortress for himself in the heavens in primordial times in his battle with the powers of chaos. This “bulwark” is the firmament. Enemy and avenger: probably cosmic enemies. The primeval powers of watery chaos are often personified in poetic texts (Ps 74:13–14; 89:11; Jb 9:13; 26:12–13; Is 51:9).
- 8:5 Man…a son of man: the emphasis is on the fragility and mortality of human beings to whom God has given great dignity.
- 8:6 Little less than a god: Hebrew ‘elohim, the ordinary word for “God” or “the gods” or members of the heavenly court. The Greek version translated ‘elohim by “angel, messenger”; several ancient and modern versions so translate. The meaning seems to be that God created human beings almost at the level of the beings in the heavenly world. Hb 2:9, translating “for a little while,” finds the eminent fulfillment of this verse in Jesus Christ, who was humbled before being glorified, cf. also 1 Cor 15:27 where St. Paul applies to Christ the closing words of Ps 8:7.
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