Psalm 8

第8篇

1 主、われらの主よ、あなたの名は地にあまねく、いかに尊いことでしょう。あなたの栄光は天の上にあり、2 みどりごと、ちのみごとの口によって、ほめたたえられています。あなたは敵と恨みを晴らす者とを静めるため、あだに備えて、とりでを設けられました。3 わたしは、あなたの指のわざなる天を見、あなたが設けられた月と星とを見て思います。4 人は何者なので、これをみ心にとめられるのですか、人の子は何者なので、これを顧みられるのですか。5 ただ少しく人を神よりも低く造って、栄えと誉とをこうむらせ、6 これにみ手のわざを治めさせ、よろずの物をその足の下におかれました。7 すべての羊と牛、また野の獣、8 空の鳥と海の魚、海路を通うものまでも。9 主、われらの主よ、あなたの名は地にあまねく、いかに尊いことでしょう。

Psalm 8

For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David.

1 O Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!
You reveal your majesty in the heavens above!

2 From the mouths of children and nursing babies
you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries,
so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

3 When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made,
and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place,

4 Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them?
Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,

5 and make them a little less than the heavenly beings?
You grant mankind honor and majesty;

6 you appoint them to rule over your creation;
you have placed everything under their authority,

7 including all the sheep and cattle,
as well as the wild animals,

8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea
and everything that moves through the currents of the seas.

9 O Lord, our Lord,
how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth!