Liber Psalmorum, 8

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0. To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of David.

1. Magistro chori. Ad modum cantici " Torcularia... ". PSALMUS. David.

1. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth! Thou whose glory above the heavens is chanted

2. Domine, Dominus noster, quam admirabile est nomen tuum in universa terra, quoniam elevata est magnificentia tua super caelos.

2. by the mouth of babes and infants, thou hast founded a bulwark because of thy foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

3. Ex ore infantium et lactantium perfecisti laudem propter inimicos tuos, ut destruas inimicum et ultorem.

3. When I look at thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast established;

4. Quando video caelos tuos, opera digitorum tuorum, lunam et stellas, quae tu fundasti,

4. what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him?

5. quid est homo, quod memor es eius, aut filius hominis, quoniam visitas eum?

5. Yet thou hast made him little less than God, and dost crown him with glory and honor.

6. Minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis, gloria et honore coronasti eum

6. Thou hast given him dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet,

7. et constituisti eum super opera manuum tuarum. Omnia subiecisti sub pedibus eius:

7. all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,

8. oves et boves universas, insuper et pecora campi,

8. the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea.

9. volucres caeli et pisces maris, quaecumque perambulant semitas maris.

9. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is thy name in all the earth!

10. Domine, Dominus noster, quam admirabile est nomen tuum in universa terra!

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