詩篇 8

1 【人的尊威】 達味詩歌，交與槳官。調寄「加特」。 上主，我們的主！你的名號在普世何其美妼！你的尊榮在天上彰顯光耀。

For the music director. On the gittith. A psalm of David. Lord, our Lord, your magnificent reputation fills the earth! Your majesty is greater than the heavens above,

2 由赤子乳兒的口中，你取得完美的讚頌；為使恨你的人受辱，為使仇敵有口無用。

and is sung by the voices of children and infants. Your strength counters your opponents, silencing the enemy and the avenger.

3 當我仰望你手指創造的穹蒼，和你在天上布置的星辰月亮，

When I contemplate the heavens that your hands made, the moon and stars that you placed there,

4 世人算什麼，你竟對他懷念不忘？人子算什麼，你竟對他眷顧周詳？

What are human beings that you should concern yourself with them? What are people that you should care for them?

5 竟使他稍微遜於天神，以尊貴光榮作他冠冕，

You created them a little lower than God, crowning them with glory and majesty.

6 令他統治你手的造化，將一切放在他的腳下：

You put them in charge of all that you made, giving them authority over everything:

7 所有的羊和牛，與野外的走獸，

the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,

8 天空的飛鳥和海裏的魚類，及種種游泳於海道的水族。

the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea—everything that swims in the ocean.

9 上主，我們的主！你的名號在普世何其美妙！

Lord, our Lord, your magnificent reputation fills the earth!