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。

“To the chief musician upon Gittith, a psalm of David.” O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth! thou who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

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。

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou founded [thy] might, because of thy opponents, that thou mightest bring to silence the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.

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 behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast established: —

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 is the mortal, that thou rememberest him? and the son of man, that thou thinkest of him:

5 竟使他稍微遜於天神，以尊貴光榮作他冠冕，

Yet thou hast made him but a little less than angels, and hast crowned him with honor and glory.

6 令他統治你手的造化，將一切放在他的腳下：

Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; every thing hast thou placed beneath his feet:

7 所有的羊和牛，與野外的走獸，

Flocks and herds altogether, and also the beasts of the field;

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 of heaven, and the fishes of the sea, whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 上主，我們的主！你的名號在普世何其美妙！

O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth!