Psalmi 8

1 Zborovođi. Po napjevu “Tijesci”. Psalam. Davidov. Jahve, Gospode naš, divno je ime tvoje po svoj zemlji, veličanstvom nebo natkriljuješ!

“For the leader of the music; to be accompanied with the gittith. A psalm of David.” O Jehovah, our Lord! How excellent is thy name in all the earth! Thou hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2 U ustima djece i dojenčadi hvalu si spremio protiv neprijatelja, da postidiš mrzitelja, zlotvora.

Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained praise, To put thine adversaries to shame, And to silence the enemy and avenger.

3 Gledam ti nebesa, djelo prstiju tvojih, mjesec i zvijezde što ih učvrsti -

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

4 pa što je čovjek da ga se spominješ, sin čovječji te ga pohodiš?

What is man, that thou art mindful of him, And the son of man, that thou carest for him?

5 Ti ga učini malo manjim od Boga, slavom i sjajem njega okruni.

Yet thou hast made him little lower than God; Thou hast crowned him with glory and honor.

6 Vlast mu dade nad djelima ruku svojih, njemu pod noge sve podloži:

Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet, —

7 ovce i svakolika goveda, i zvijeri poljske k tome,

All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the forest;

8 ptice nebeske i ribe morske, i što god prolazi stazama morskim.

The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, And whatever passeth through the paths of the deep.

9 Jahve, Gospode naš, divno je ime tvoje po svoj zemlji!

O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!