Chapter 8
How Majestic Is Your Name!
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For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. 1O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
𐤋𐤌𐤍𐤑𐤇 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤂𐤕𐤉𐤕 𐤌𐤆𐤌𐤅𐤓 𐤋𐤃𐤅𐤃 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤓 𐤔𐤌𐤊 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤕𐤍𐤄 𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤊 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־ הַגִּתִּ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ יְהוָ֤ה אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ מָֽה־ אַדִּ֣יר שִׁ֭מְךָ בְּכָל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּנָ֥ה ה֝וֹדְךָ֗ עַל־ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ ‘al- hag·git·tîṯ miz·mō·wr lə·ḏā·wiḏ Yah·weh ’ă·ḏō·nê·nū māh- ’ad·dîr šim·k̲ā bə·ḵāl hā·’ā·reṣ ’ă·šer tə·nāh hō·wḏ·ḵā ‘al- haš·šā·mā·yim — WLC · 1
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From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
𐤌𐤐𐤉 𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤍𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤎𐤃𐤕 𐤏𐤆 𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤍 𐤑𐤅𐤓𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤋𐤄𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤅𐤉𐤁 𐤅𐤌𐤕𐤍𐤒𐤌
מִפִּ֤י עֽוֹלְלִ֨ים׀ וְֽיֹנְקִים֮ יִסַּ֪דְתָּ֫ עֹ֥ז לְמַ֥עַן צוֹרְרֶ֑יךָ לְהַשְׁבִּ֥ית א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃ mip·pî ‘ō·wl·lîm wə·yō·nə·qîm yis·saḏ·tā ‘ōz lə·ma·‘an ṣō·wr·re·ḵā lə·haš·bîṯ ’ō·w·yêḇ ū·miṯ·naq·qêm — WLC · 2
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When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤏𐤔𐤉 𐤀𐤑𐤁𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤊 𐤉𐤓𐤇 𐤅𐤊𐤅𐤊𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤊𐤅𐤍𐤍𐤕𐤄
כִּֽי־ אֶרְאֶ֣ה שָׁ֭מֶיךָ מַעֲשֵׂ֣י אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ יָרֵ֥חַ וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר כּוֹנָֽנְתָּה׃ kî- ’er·’eh šā·mê·k̲ā ma·‘ă·śê ’eṣ·bə·‘ō·ṯe·ḵā yā·rê·aḥ wə·ḵō·w·ḵā·ḇîm ’ă·šer kō·w·nā·nə·tāh — WLC · 3
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what is man that You are mindful [of him], or the son of man that You care for him?
𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤍𐤅𐤔 𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤆𐤊𐤓𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤃𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤐𐤒𐤃𐤍𐤅
מָֽה־ אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־ תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּוּ וּבֶן־ אָ֝דָ֗ם כִּ֣י תִפְקְדֶֽנּוּ׃ māh- ’ĕ·nō·wōš kî- ṯiz·kə·ren·nū ū·ḇen- ’ā·ḏām kî ṯip̄·qə·ḏen·nū — WLC · 4
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You made him a little lower… than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
𐤅𐤕𐤇𐤎𐤓𐤄𐤅 𐤌𐤏𐤈 𐤌𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤕𐤏𐤈𐤓𐤄𐤅 𐤅𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤄𐤃𐤓
וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ מְּ֭עַט מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃ וְכָב֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר wat·tə·ḥas·sə·rê·hū mə·‘aṭ mê·’ĕ·lō·hîm tə·‘aṭ·ṭə·rê·hū wə·ḵā·ḇō·wḏ wə·hā·ḏār — WLC · 5
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You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
𐤕𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤋𐤄𐤅 𐤁𐤌𐤏𐤔𐤉 𐤉𐤃𐤉𐤊 𐤔𐤕𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉𐤅
תַּ֭מְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י יָדֶ֑יךָ שַׁ֣תָּה כֹּ֝ל תַֽחַת־ רַגְלָֽיו׃ tam·šî·lê·hū bə·ma·‘ă·śê yā·ḏe·ḵā šat·tāh kōl ṯa·ḥaṯ- raḡ·lāw — WLC · 6
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all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
𐤊𐤋𐤌 𐤑𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤁𐤄𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤔𐤃𐤉
כֻּלָּ֑ם צֹנֶ֣ה וַאֲלָפִ֣ים וְ֝גַ֗ם בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדָֽי׃ kul·lām ṣō·neh wa·’ă·lā·p̄îm wə·ḡam ba·hă·mō·wṯ śā·ḏāy — WLC · 7
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the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤓 𐤔𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤃𐤂𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌
צִפּ֣וֹר שָׁ֭מַיִם וּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם עֹ֝בֵ֗ר אָרְח֥וֹת יַמִּֽים׃ ṣip·pō·wr šā·ma·yim ū·ḏə·ḡê hay·yām ‘ō·ḇêr ’ā·rə·ḥō·wṯ yam·mîm — WLC · 8
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O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤌𐤄 𐤀𐤃𐤉𐤓 𐤔𐤌𐤊 𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑
יְהוָ֥ה אֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ מָֽה־ אַדִּ֥יר שִׁ֝מְךָ֗ בְּכָל־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃ Yah·weh ’ă·ḏō·nê·nū māh- ’ad·dîr šim·k̲ā bə·ḵāl hā·’ā·reṣ — WLC · 9