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 caelos

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.

2 ex ore infantium et lactantium perfecisti laudem propter inimicos tuos ut destruas inimicum et ultorem

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

3 quoniam videbo caelos tuos; opera digitorum tuorum lunam et stellas quae tu fundasti

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

4 quid est homo quod memor es eius aut filius hominis quoniam visitas eum

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

5 minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis gloria et honore coronasti eum

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

6 et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum

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

7 omnia subiecisti sub pedibus eius oves et boves universas insuper et pecora campi

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

8 volucres caeli et pisces maris qui perambulant semitas maris

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

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

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