Psalms 8

1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.

In finem pro torcularibus, Psalmus David. Domine Dominus noster, quam admirabile est nomen tuum in universa terra! Quoniam elevata est magnificentia tua, super cælos.

2 From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.

Ex ore infantium et lactentium perfecisti laudem propter inimicos tuos, ut destruas inimicum et ultorem.

3 When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—

Quoniam videbo cælos tuos, opera digitorum tuorum: lunam et stellas, quæ tu fundasti.

4 what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

Quid est homo, quod memor es eius? aut filius hominis, quoniam visitas eum?

5 You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

Minuisti eum paulominus ab angelis, gloria et honore coronasti eum:

6 You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum.

7 all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,

Omnia subiecisti sub pedibus eius, oves et boves universas: insuper et pecora campi.

8 the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

Volucres cæli, et pisces maris, qui perambulant semitas maris.

9 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Domine Dominus noster, quam admirabile est nomen tuum in universa terra!