Psalmi 8

1 Oh Gospod, naš Gospod, kako odlično je tvoje ime na vsej zemlji! Ki si svojo slavo postavil nad nebo.

“To the chief musician upon Gittith, a psalm of David.” O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth! thou who hast set thy majesty above the heavens.

2 Iz ust otročičev in dojenčkov si zaradi svojih sovražnikov odredil moč, da bi lahko utišal sovražnika in maščevalca.

Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou founded [thy] might, because of thy opponents, that thou mightest bring to silence the enemy and him that seeketh vengeance.

3 Ko opazujem tvoje nebo, delo tvojih prstov, luno in zvezde, ki si jih odredil;

When I behold thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast established: —

4 kaj je človek, da misliš nanj? In človeški sin, da ga obiskuješ?

What is the mortal, that thou rememberest him? and the son of man, that thou thinkest of him:

5 Kajti naredil si ga malo nižjega kot angele in ga okronal s slavo in častjo.

Yet thou hast made him but a little less than angels, and hast crowned him with honor and glory.

6 Naredil si, da ima gospostvo nad deli tvojih rok; vse stvari si položil pod njegova stopala.

Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; every thing hast thou placed beneath his feet:

7 Vse ovce in vole, da in poljske živali,

Flocks and herds altogether, and also the beasts of the field;

8 zračno perjad in ribe morja in karkoli se giblje skozi morske steze.

The birds of heaven, and the fishes of the sea, whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 Oh Gospod, naš Gospod, kako odlično je tvoje ime na vsej zemlji!

O Eternal One our Lord, how excellent is thy name on all the earth!