Psalm 8 #catechesis/bible/psalm
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GR εἰς τὸ τέλος ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ
LA In finem, pro torcularibus. Psalmus David.
EN Unto the end, for the presses: a psalm for David.
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[!note]- The presses…
In Hebrew, Gittith, supposed to be a musical instrument. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR κύριε ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ ὅτι ἐπήρθη ἡ μεγαλοπρέπειά σου ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν
LA Domine, Dominus noster, quam admirabile est nomen tuum in universa terra! quoniam elevata est magnificentia tua super cælos.
EN O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name in the whole earth! For your magnificence is elevated above the heavens.
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GR ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου τοῦ καταλῦσαι ἐχθρὸν καὶ ἐκδικητήν
LA Ex ore infantium et lactentium perfecisti laudem propter inimicos tuos, ut destruas inimicum et ultorem.
EN Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings you have perfected praise, because of your enemies, that you may destroy the enemy and the avenger.
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GR ὅτι ὄψομαι τοὺς οὐρανούς ἔργα τῶν δακτύλων σου σελήνην καὶ ἀστέρας ἃ σὺ ἐθεμελίωσας
LA Quoniam videbo cælos tuos, opera digitorum tuorum, lunam et stellas quæ tu fundasti.
EN For I will behold your heavens, the works of your fingers: the moon and the stars which you have founded.
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GR τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν
LA Quid est homo, quod memor es ejus? aut filius hominis, quoniam visitas eum?
EN What is man, that you are mindful of him? Or the son of man, that you visit him?
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GR ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ’ ἀγγέλους δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν
LA Minuisti eum paulominus ab angelis; gloria et honore coronasti eum;
EN You have made him a little less than the angels, you have crowned him with glory and honour:
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GR καὶ κατέστησας αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ
LA et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum.
EN And have set him over the works of your hands.
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GR πρόβατα καὶ βόας πάσας ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου
LA Omnia subjecisti sub pedibus ejus, oves et boves universas, insuper et pecora campi,
EN You have subjected all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen: moreover, the beasts also of the fields.
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GR τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας τῆς θαλάσσης τὰ διαπορευόμενα τρίβους θαλασσῶν
LA volucres cæli, et pisces maris qui perambulant semitas maris.
EN The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, that pass through the paths of the sea.
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GR κύριε ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ
LA Domine, Dominus noster, quam admirabile est nomen tuum in universa terra!
EN O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your name in the whole earth!
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