Psalmi 8

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

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] thy name in all the earth! who 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 mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thy enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the 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 visitest him?

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

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

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

Thou hast made him to have 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, yes, and the beasts of the field;

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

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, [and whatever] passeth through the paths of the seas.

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

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