Tehillim 8
Glory
Psalm 8 is a hymn of praise to Gd for the wonders of creation.
Considering first the universe as a whole, the psalmist stops his thought on the most excellent of the creatures which inhabit the earth, the Man whom God created in his image, and whom he invested with a kind of sovereignty. .
In the simplest sense, this psalm is capable of nourishing the feelings of gratitude and admiration that the spectacle of these works must give birth in our soul, feelings that we must test especially in consideration of the gifts and the attention of the Creator.
This psalm is also prophetic: it will be fully fulfilled... When “ all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the bottom of the sea” (Habakkuk 2:13 Isaiah 11:9).
LYRICS
Hebrew/ French
לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל-הַגִּתִּית, מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד.
Lamnatseah' al hagitit
Mizmor leDavid
From the singing master
On the Gitit, Psalm of David
יְהוָה אֲדֹנֵינוּ-- מָה-אַדִּיר שִׁמְךָ, בְּכָל-הָאָרֶץ
Amonai adonenou,
Ma adir chim-kha bekhol ha-arets
Adonai our Lord
Your name is glorious throughout the earth
מָה-אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי-תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ;
וּבֶן-אָדָם,
כִּי תִפְקְדֶנּוּ.
ו וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְּעַט
, מֵאֱלֹהִים;
וְכָבוֹד וְהָדָר
תְּעַטְּרֵהוּ
Ma enoch ki tizkérénou
ouvèn adam
ki tifkedenou
Vateh'asserehou
me-at
me-elohim
vekhavod vehadar
té-ateréhou
What is the human being
What will you remember?
The Son of Man
That you will visit it?
And you made it lesser than Gd
And splendor and majesty
You make her a crown
.ז תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ
, בְּמַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ;
כֹּל,
שַׁתָּה תַחַת-רַגְלָיו.
Tam-chilehou
bemaasse yadekha
col
chata tah'at raglav
You made it reign
On the works of your hands
All
You put under his feet