Greek: Septuagint (LXX)
English: John Barach
English: John Barach
Psalm 8
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| Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν, ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυίδ. | For the end, concerning the wine-presses; a psalm for David. |
The Glory of the Creator
| 1 Κύριε ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν, ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ; ὅτι ἐπήρθη ἡ μεγαλοπρέπειά σου ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν. 2 ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον· ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου, τοῦ καταλῦσαι ἐχθρὸν καὶ ἐκδικητήν. | 8.1 O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is Your name in all the earth! For Your magnificence has been lifted high above the heavens. 8.2 Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have prepared praise, because of Your enemies, to destroy the enemy and the avenger. |
The Dignity of Humanity
| 3 Ὅτι ὄψομαι τοὺς οὐρανούς ἔργα τῶν δακτύλων σου, σελήνην καὶ ἀστέρας, ἃ σὺ ἐθεμελίωσας· 4 τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ; ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν; 5 ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ' ἀγγέλους, δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν, | 8.3 For I shall behold the heavens, the works of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have founded. 8.4 What is man, that You are mindful of him? Or the son of man, that You visit him? 8.5 You made him a little lower than the angels; with glory and honor You have crowned him. |
| 6 καὶ κατέστησας αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου· πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ, 7 πρόβατα καὶ βόας πάσας, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου, 8 τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας τῆς θαλάσσης, τὰ διαπορευόμενα τρίβους θαλασσῶν. 9 κύριε ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν, ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ; | 8.6 And You have set him over the works of Your hands; You have subjected all things under his feet: 8.7 Sheep and all oxen, and even the cattle of the field, 8.8 the birds of heaven, and the fish of the sea, the things that pass through the paths of the seas. 8.9 O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is Your name in all the earth! |