Psalms 8

1 To the Chief Musician. On "the Gittith." A Melody of David. O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth, Who hast set thy splendour upon the heavens.

【人的尊威】 達味詩歌，交與槳官。調寄「加特」。 上主，我們的主！你的名號在普世何其美妼！你的尊榮在天上彰顯光耀。

2 Out of the mouth of children and sucklings, hast thou laid a foundation of strength, —because of thine adversaries, to make foe and avenger be still.

由赤子乳兒的口中，你取得完美的讚頌；為使恨你的人受辱，為使仇敵有口無用。

3 When I view thy heavens, the work, of thy fingers, moon and stars, which thou hast established,

當我仰望你手指創造的穹蒼，和你在天上布置的星辰月亮，

4 What was weak man, that thou shouldst make mention of him? or the son of the earthborn, that thou shouldst set him in charge?

世人算什麼，你竟對他懷念不忘？人子算什麼，你竟對他眷顧周詳？

5 That thou shouldst make him little less than messengers of God, with glory and honour, shouldst crown him?

竟使他稍微遜於天神，以尊貴光榮作他冠冕，

6 Shouldst give him dominion over the works of thy hands, —All things, shouldst have put under his feet:

令他統治你手的造化，將一切放在他的腳下：

7 Sheep and oxen, all of them, —yea even the beasts of the field;

所有的羊和牛，與野外的走獸，

8 The bird of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, — the passer-by on the paths of the seas?

天空的飛鳥和海裏的魚類，及種種游泳於海道的水族。

9 O Yahweh, our Lord! How majestic is thy Name, in all the earth.

上主，我們的主！你的名號在普世何其美妙！