PSALM 8


8:1 For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of David.

8:2 O the Lord, our L-rd, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth! whose majesty is rehearsed above the heavens.

8:3 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.

8:4 When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast established;

8:5 What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou thinkest of him?

8:6 Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

8:7 Thou hast made him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under His feet:

8:8 Sheep and oxen, all of them, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8:9 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea; whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

8:10 O the Lord, our L-rd, how glorious is Thy name in all the earth!

 


Hebrew Transliteration

 8:1 lamnatsêach `al-haggittiyth mizmor ledhâvidh

8:2 Adonay'adhonêynu mâh-'addiyr shimkha bekhol-hâ'ârets 'asher tenâh hodhekha`al-hashâmâyim

8:3 mippiy `oleliym veyoneqiym yissadhtâ `oz lema`antsorereykha lehashbiyth 'oyêbh umithnaqqêm

8:4 kiy-'er'eh shâmeykhama`asêy 'etsbe`otheykha yârêach vekhokhâbhiym 'asher konântâh

8:5 mâh-'enosh kiy-thizkerennu ubhen-'âdhâm kiy thiphqedhennu

8:6 vattechasserêhu me`ath mê'elohiym vekhâbhodh vehâdhâr te`atherêhu

8:7 tamshiylêhu bema`asêy yâdheykha kol shattâh thachath-raghlâyv

8:8 tsonehva'alâphiym kullâm vegham bahamoth sâdhây

8:9 tsippor shâmayim udheghêyhayyâm `obhêr 'ârchoth yammiym

8:10 Adonay 'adhonêynumâh-'addiyr shimkha bekhol-hâ'ârets


This version of the psalms is from the Jewish Publication Society (JPS),
a translation of the Hebrew Bible published in 1917.

The text is in the public domain.

Source for English:  http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/jps/psa.htm

Source for transliteration: http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/tv/psa.htm

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