Psalms 8

1 [For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.] YHWH, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. You have put your glory upon the heavens.

Kumqondisi wokuhlabela. Ngendlela yegithithi. Ihubo likaDavida. Oh Thixo, Thixo wethu, ibizo lakho libabazeka kangaka emhlabeni wonke! Uyibekile inkazimulo yakho ngaphezulu emazulwini.

2 From the lips of children and infants you have established praise, because of your adversaries, that you might silence the enemy and the avenger.

Ukumisile ukudunyiswa yizindebe zabantwana lensane ngenxa yezitha zakho, ukuze uthulise isitha lomphindiseli.

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have set in place;

Nxa nginakana ngamazulu akho, umsebenzi weminwe yakho, inyanga lezinkanyezi ozibeke endaweni yazo,

4 what is man, that you think of him, and the son of man that you care for him?

uyini umuntu osungaze uzihluphe ngaye na, indodana yomuntu ukuba uyinanze?

5 For you have made him a little lower than the angels. You have crowned him with glory and honor,

Wamenza waba mncinyazana kulezingilosi, wamethesa umqhele wodumo lobukhosi.

6 and you made him ruler over the works of your hands. You have put all things under his feet:

Wamenza umbusi phezu kwemisebenzi yezandla zakho; wabeka zonke izinto ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe:

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

yonke imihlambi yezimvu leyenkomo lezinyamazana zeganga,

8 the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

izinyoni zasemkhathini lenhlanzi zolwandle, konke okuntsheza emanzini olwandle.

9 YHWH, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.

Oh Thixo, Thixo wethu, ibizo lakho libabazeka kangaka emhlabeni wonke!