Al director musical. Sígase la tonada de «La canción del lagar».[a] Salmo de David.

Oh Señor, Soberano nuestro,
    ¡qué imponente es tu nombre en toda la tierra!

¡Has puesto tu gloria sobre los cielos!
Con la alabanza que brota de los labios de los pequeñitos
    y de los niños de pecho
has construido una fortaleza,
    para silenciar al enemigo y al vengativo.
Cuando contemplo tus cielos,
    obra de tus dedos,
    la luna y las estrellas que allí fijaste,
me pregunto:
    «¿Qué es el hombre para que en él pienses?
    ¿Qué es el hijo del hombre para que lo tomes en cuenta?».

Lo hiciste poco menor que los ángeles[b]
    y lo coronaste de gloria y de honra.
Le diste dominio sobre la obra de tus manos;
    todo lo pusiste bajo sus pies:
todas las ovejas, todos los bueyes,
    todos los animales del campo,
las aves del cielo,
    los peces del mar
    y todo lo que surca los senderos del mar.

Oh Señor, Soberano nuestro,
    ¡qué imponente es tu nombre en toda la tierra!

Footnotes

  1. 8 Título. Sígase … lagar. Lit. Según la gittith.
  2. 8:5 que los ángeles. Alt. que los seres celestiales o que Dios.

The Glory of the Lord in Creation

To the Chief Musician. [a]On the instrument of Gath. A Psalm of David.

O Lord, our Lord,
How (A)excellent is Your name in all the earth,
Who have (B)set Your glory above the heavens!

(C)Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have [b]ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence (D)the enemy and the avenger.

When I (E)consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
(F)What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of man that You (G)visit[c] him?
For You have made him a little lower than [d]the angels,
And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

(H)You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
(I)You have put all things under his feet,
All sheep and oxen—
Even the beasts of the field,
The birds of the air,
And the fish of the sea
That pass through the paths of the seas.

(J)O Lord, our Lord,
How excellent is Your name in all the earth!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 Heb. Al Gittith
  2. Psalm 8:2 established
  3. Psalm 8:4 give attention to or care for
  4. Psalm 8:5 Heb. Elohim, God; LXX, Syr., Tg., Jewish tradition angels

How Majestic Is Your Name

To the choirmaster: according to The (A)Gittith.[a] A Psalm of David.

O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your (B)name in all the earth!
You have set your (C)glory above the heavens.
    (D)Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established (E)strength because of your foes,
    to still (F)the enemy and the avenger.

When I (G)look at your heavens, the work of your (H)fingers,
    the moon and the stars, (I)which you have set in place,
(J)what is man that you are (K)mindful of him,
    and (L)the son of man that you (M)care for him?

Yet you have made him a little lower than (N)the heavenly beings[b]
    and crowned him with (O)glory and honor.
You have given him (P)dominion over the works of your hands;
    (Q)you have put all things under his feet,
all sheep and oxen,
    and also the beasts of the field,
the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 8:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 8:5 Or than God; Septuagint than the angels