Psalm 8/Text/Clauses
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
| Hebrew | Verse | English |
|---|---|---|
| לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ | 1.1 | For the director. On the gittith. A psalm by David. |
| יְהוָ֤ה אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ מָֽה־אַדִּ֣יר שִׁ֭מְךָ בְּכָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ | 2.1 | YHWH, our lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth, |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּנָ֥ה ה֝וֹדְךָ֗ עַל־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ | 2.2 | you whose glory is bestowed on the heavens. |
| מִפִּ֤י עֽוֹלְלִ֨ים ׀ וְֽיֹנְקִים֮ יִסַּ֪דְתָּ֫ עֹ֥ז | 3.1 | Out of the mouths of nursing children, you have founded a fortress, |
| לְמַ֥עַן צוֹרְרֶ֑יךָ | 3.2 | because of your adversaries, |
| לְהַשְׁבִּ֥ית א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃ | 3.3 | in order to put an end to a vengeful enemy. |
| כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶ֣ה שָׁ֭מֶיךָ מַעֲשֵׂ֣י אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ | 4.1 | When I see your heavens, that which your fingers made, |
| יָרֵ֥חַ וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר כּוֹנָֽנְתָּה׃ | 4.2 | the moon and stars which you have established, |
| מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּוּ | 5.1 | what is mankind that you should consider them, |
| וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם כִּ֣י תִפְקְדֶֽנּוּ׃ | 5.2 | or a human being, that you should be mindful of him? |
| וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ מְּ֭עַט מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים | 6.1 | And you caused him to lack being a heavenly being by a little, |
| וְכָב֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃ | 6.2 | and you crowned him with honor and majesty. |
| תַּ֭מְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י יָדֶ֑יךָ | 7.1 | You caused him to rule that which your hands made. |
| כֹּ֝ל שַׁ֣תָּה תַֽחַת־רַגְלָֽיו׃ | 7.2 | You placed everything under his feet. |
| צֹנֶ֣ה וַאֲלָפִ֣ים כֻּלָּ֑ם | 8.1 | Sheep and goats and cattle – all of them, |
| וְ֝גַ֗ם בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדָֽי׃ | 8.2 | and even wild animals, |
| צִפּ֣וֹר שָׁ֭מַיִם וּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם | 9.1 | birds in the sky and fish in the sea, |
| עֹ֝בֵ֗ר אָרְח֥וֹת יַמִּֽים׃ | 9.2 | that which traverses the paths of the sea. |
| יְהוָ֥ה אֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ מָֽה־אַדִּ֥יר שִׁ֝מְךָ֗ בְּכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | 10.1 | YHWH, our lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. |