Psalms 8

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.

1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.*8.2 ordained: Heb. founded

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

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;*8.7 All…: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them

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

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

神的威严，人的尊贵

大卫的诗，交给诗班长，用"迦特"的乐器。 1 耶和华我们的主啊！

你的名在全地是多么威严，

你把你的荣美彰显在天上。

2 因你仇敌的缘故，

你从小孩和婴儿的口中，

得着了赞美*"得着了赞美"或译："建立了能力"，

使仇敌和报仇的无话可说。

3 我观看你手所造的天，

和你所安放的月亮和星星。

4 啊！人算甚么，你竟记念他？

世人算甚么，你竟眷顾他？

5 你使他比天使*"天使"或译："　神"低微一点，

却赐给他荣耀尊贵作冠冕。

6 你叫他管理你手所造的，

把万物都放在他的脚下，

7 就是所有的牛羊、

田间的走兽、

8 空中的飞鸟、海里的鱼，

和海里游行的水族。

9 耶和华我们的主啊！

你的名在全地是多么威严。