Psalms 8

1 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,

Ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. Kititi. He himene na Rawiri. E Ihowa, e to matou Ariki, ano te nui o tou ingoa i te whenua katoa! Paku ana i a koe tou kororia ki runga ake i nga rangi!

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

U pu i a koe te kaha o te mangai o nga kohungahunga, o nga mea ngote u hei mea mo ou hoariri, hei pehi mo te hoariri, mo te kairapu utu.

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

Ka titiro ahau ki au rangi, ki te mahi a ou maihao, ki te marama, ki nga whetu, i hanga nei e koe;

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

He aha te tangata i maharatia ai e koe? te tama ranei a te tangata i tirohia ai ia e koe?

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

Nohinohi nei te wahi i whakaititia iho ai ia e koe i te Atua, karaunatia ana ia e koe ki te kororia, ki te honore.

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

Waiho iho e koe hei kingi mo nga mahi a ou ringa; kua waiho e koe nga mea katoa i raro i ona waewae;

7 the sheep, the cattle, and the wild animals,

Nga hipi katoa, nga puru, me nga kirehe katoa o te parae;

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

Te manu o te rangi, me te ika o te moana, e tere nei i nga ara o nga moana.

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

E Ihowa, e to matou Ariki, ano te nui o tou ingoa i te whenua katoa!