Psalmorum 8

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

For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.

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

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength, because of Thine adversaries; that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

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

When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

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

What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?

5 Minuisti eum paulominus ab angelis; gloria et honore coronasti eum;

Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6 et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum.

Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet:

7 Omnia subjecisti sub pedibus ejus, oves et boves universas, insuper et pecora campi,

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

8 volucres cæli, et pisces maris qui perambulant semitas maris.

The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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

O LORD, our Lord, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!