8:1

לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל־הַגִּתִּית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד׃

For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

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8:2

יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָה־אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תְּנָה הוֹדְךָ עַל־הַשָּׁמָיִם׃

O LORD, our Lord, How glorious is Thy name in all the earth! Whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.

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8:3

מִפִּי עוֹלְלִים וְיֹנְקִים יִסַּדְתָּ עֹז לְמַעַן צוֹרְרֶיךָ לְהַשְׁבִּית אוֹיֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּם׃

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.

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8:4

כִּי־אֶרְאֶה שָׁמֶיךָ מַעֲשֵׂי אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ יָרֵחַ וְכוֹכָבִים אֲשֶׁר כּוֹנָנְתָּה׃

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

8:5

מָה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי־תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ וּבֶן־אָדָם כִּי תִפְקְדֶנּוּ׃

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

8:6

וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְּעַט מֵאֱלֹהִים וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ׃

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

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8:7

תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ כֹּל שַׁתָּה תַחַת־רַגְלָיו׃

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

8:8

צֹנֶה וַאֲלָפִים כֻּלָּם וְגַם בַּהֲמוֹת שָׂדָי׃

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

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8:9

צִפּוֹר שָׁמַיִם וּדְגֵי הַיָּם עֹבֵר אָרְחוֹת יַמִּים׃

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

8:10

יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָה־אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ בְּכָל־הָאָרֶץ׃

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