Psalm 8[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name(A) in all the earth!

You have set your glory(B)
    in the heavens.(C)
Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold(D) against your enemies,
    to silence the foe(E) and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens,(F)
    the work of your fingers,(G)
the moon and the stars,(H)
    which you have set in place,
what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?[c](I)

You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e](J)
    and crowned them[f] with glory and honor.(K)
You made them rulers(L) over the works of your hands;(M)
    you put everything under their[g] feet:(N)
all flocks and herds,(O)
    and the animals of the wild,(P)
the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,(Q)
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!(R)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
  2. Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term
  3. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
  4. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  5. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
  6. Psalm 8:5 Or him
  7. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his

Psalm 8

For the music leader. According to the Gittith.[a] A psalm of David.

Lord, our Lord, how majestic
    is your name throughout the earth!
    You made your glory higher than heaven![b]
From the mouths of nursing babies
    you have laid a strong foundation
    because of your foes,
    in order to stop vengeful enemies.
When I look up at your skies,
    at what your fingers made—
    the moon and the stars
    that you set firmly in place—
        what are human beings
            that you think about them;
        what are human beings
            that you pay attention to them?
You’ve made them only slightly less than divine,
    crowning them with glory and grandeur.
You’ve let them rule over your handiwork,
    putting everything under their feet—
        all sheep and all cattle,
        the wild animals too,
        the birds in the sky,
        the fish of the ocean,
        everything that travels the pathways of the sea.
Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name throughout the earth!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 Perhaps the name of an instrument (Tg) or melody. LXX About the winepresses; or About the Gittite; also in Pss 81 and 84
  2. Psalm 8:1 Correction; Heb uncertain

 神的威嚴,人的尊貴

大衛的詩,交給詩班長,用“迦特”的樂器。

耶和華我們的主啊!

你的名在全地是多麼威嚴,

你把你的榮美彰顯在天上。

因你仇敵的緣故,

你從小孩和嬰兒的口中,

得著了讚美(“得著了讚美”或譯:“建立了能力”),

使仇敵和報仇的無話可說。

我觀看你手所造的天,

和你所安放的月亮和星星。

啊!人算甚麼,你竟記念他?

世人算甚麼,你竟眷顧他?

你使他比天使(“天使”或譯:“ 神”)低微一點,

卻賜給他榮耀尊貴作冠冕。

你叫他管理你手所造的,

把萬物都放在他的腳下,

就是所有的牛羊、

田間的走獸、

空中的飛鳥、海裡的魚,

和海裡游行的水族。

耶和華我們的主啊!

你的名在全地是多麼威嚴。