Psalms 8

Superscription to the chief musician upon Gittith

לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַֽל-הַגִּתִּית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

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

יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָֽה-אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל-הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תְּנָה הוֹדְךָ עַל-הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

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

מִפִּי עֽוֹלְלִים׀ וְֽיֹנְקִים יִסַּדְתָּ עֹז לְמַעַן צוֹרְרֶיךָ לְהַשְׁבִּית אוֹיֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃

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.

כִּֽי-אֶרְאֶה שָׁמֶיךָ מַעֲשֵׂי אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ יָרֵחַ וְכוֹכָבִים אֲשֶׁר כּוֹנָֽנְתָּה׃

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

מָֽה-אֱנוֹשׁ כִּֽי-תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ וּבֶן-אָדָם כִּי תִפְקְדֶֽנּוּ׃

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

וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְּעַט מֵאֱלֹהִים וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃

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

תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ כֹּל שַׁתָּה תַֽחַת-רַגְלָֽיו׃

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

צֹנֶה וַאֲלָפִים כֻּלָּם וְגַם בַּהֲמוֹת שָׂדָֽי׃

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

צִפּוֹר שָׁמַיִם וּדְגֵי הַיָּם עֹבֵר אָרְחוֹת יַמִּֽים׃

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

יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָֽה-אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל-הָאָֽרֶץ׃

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