ΨΑΛΜΟΙ Ηʹ
Greek Texts
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Psalm 8 from Rahlfs Septuaginta (table format) |
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Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ. |
| 8.2 |
Κύριε ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν, ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ,
ὅτι ἐπήρθη ἡ μεγαλοπρέπειά σου ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν. |
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ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον
ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου
τοῦ καταλῦσαι ἐχθρὸν καὶ ἐκδικητήν. |
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ὅτι ὄψομαι τοὺς οὐρανούς, ἔργα τῶν δακτύλων σου,
σελήνην καὶ ἀστέρας, ἃ σὺ ἐθεμελίωσας. |
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τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ,
ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν; |
| 8.6 |
ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ' ἀγγέλους,
δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν· |
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καὶ κατέστησας αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου,
πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ, |
| 8.8 |
πρόβατα καὶ βόας πάσας,
ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου, |
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| 8.9 |
τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας τῆς θαλάσσης,
τὰ διαπορευόμενα τρίβους θαλασσῶν. |
| 8.10 |
κύριε ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν, ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ. |
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Greek text is from Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta, © 1935 Deutche Bibelstiftung, Stuttgart. Parsings provided the the CCAT project at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Rahlfs Text |
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( Paragraph Format)
1 Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ.
2 Κύριε ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν, ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ,
ὅτι ἐπήρθη ἡ μεγαλοπρέπειά σου ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν.
3 ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον
ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου
τοῦ καταλῦσαι ἐχθρὸν καὶ ἐκδικητήν.
4 ὅτι ὄψομαι τοὺς οὐρανούς, ἔργα τῶν δακτύλων σου,
σελήνην καὶ ἀστέρας, ἃ σὺ ἐθεμελίωσας.
5 τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ,
ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν;
6 ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ᾽ ἀγγέλους,
δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν·
7 καὶ κατέστησας αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου,
πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ,
8 πρόβατα καὶ βόας πάσας,
ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου,
9 τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας τῆς θαλάσσης,
τὰ διαπορευόμενα τρίβους θαλασσῶν.
10 κύριε ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν, ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.
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Greek text is from Alfred Rahlfs' Septuaginta, © 1935 Deutche Bibelstiftung, Stuttgart. Parsings provided the the CCAT project at the University of Pennsylvania. |
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Modern Greek
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Ψαλμὸς Ηʹ |
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Εις τον πρωτον μουσικον, επι Γιττιθ. Ψαλμος του Δαβιδ.
Κυριε ο Κυριος ημων, ποσον ειναι θαυμαστον το ονομα σου εν παση τη γη· οστις εθεσας την δοξαν σου υπερανω των ουρανων. |
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Εκ στοματος νηπιων και θηλαζοντων ητοιμασας αινεσιν ενεκα των εχθρων σου, δια να καταργησης τον εχθρον και τον εκδικητην. |
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Οταν θεωρω τους ουρανους σου, το εργον των δακτυλων σου, την σεληνην και τους αστερας, τα οποια συ εθεμελιωσας, |
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Τι ειναι ο ανθρωπος, ωστε να ενθυμησαι αυτον; η ο υιος του ανθρωπου, ωστε να επισκεπτησαι αυτον; |
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Συ δε εκαμες αυτον ολιγον τι κατωτερον των αγγελων, και με δοξαν και τιμην εστεφανωσας αυτον. |
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Κατεστησας αυτον κυριον επι τα εργα των χειρων σου· παντα υπεταξας υποκατω των ποδων αυτου· |
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παντα τα προβατα και τους βοας, ετι δε και τα ζωα του αγρου· |
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τα πετεινα του ουρανου, και τους ιχθυας της θαλασσης, παντα τα διαπορευομενα τας οδους των θαλασσων. |
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Κυριε ο Κυριος ημων, ποσον ειναι θαυμαστον το ονομα σου εν παση τη γη. |
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Imported from the CrossWire Bible Society's "The Sword Project" Bible Modules
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Vocabulary and Parsing Aids
Versification Issues
The chapter number of Psalm 8 is the same in the Greek, English and Hebrew texts. However the Greek counts the title/epithet as a separate verse, resulting in the Greek verse being one number higher than the English/Hebrew complutensian numbering. The Greek therefore has 10 verses, while the Hebrew and Traditional English versions have 9 verses. The NETS translation shows both numberings.
Hebrew Aids
Latin Translations
Interlinears
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The Apostolic Bible Polyglot ©2007, Charles VanderPool (English Translator) from www.apostolicbible.com. Used with permission. |
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Audio
- Restored Koine (rightclick and choose save as)
- Byzantine Chant
- Hymns sung by Greek Monks
Songs based on Psalm 8
8:1 O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. 3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have established; 4 what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them? 5 Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with glory and honour.
| sources |
songs |
writers |
| worshiptogether.com songs/various |
How great is our God |
Tomlin |
| DMACG kids! |
Wonderful |
music lyrics mp3 |
| various/SCE 437 |
How majestic is your name! |
M.W. Smith |
| SCE 395 |
How majestic |
Moen/Lindquist |
| SCE 309 |
King of kings, majesty |
Cooper |
| SIS 206/SCE 346/P&W 148 |
Majesty |
Hayford |
| GGIVES2/GBEAT1 kids! |
Mighty God |
Holmes |
| ATW 461 |
God you take our breath away |
Holmes |
| IECS/TIS 668 |
Touch the earth lightly |
Murray/Gibson |
| ATW 462 |
Hand in hand |
Mann |
| GBEAT2 kids! |
He's everywhere |
Flack |
| GBEAT 2 kids! |
So Great! |
Dunn/Field |
| Taken from Together to Celebrate: Contemporary Christian Music resources for Worship |
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Aides
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English Translations
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NETS (New English Translation of the LXX - a more literal rendering)
EOB (Eastern Orthodox Bible)
Brenton
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NETS Psalm 8 |
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1 Regarding completion. Over the wine vats. A
Psalm. Pertaining to Dauid.
2(1) O Lord, our Lord,how admirable is your name in all the
earth,
because your magnificence was raised
beyond the heavens.
3(2) Out of mouths of infants and nurslings
you furnished praise for yourself,
for the sake of your enemies, to put down enemy and avenger,
4(3) because I will observe the heavens, works of
your fingers—
moon and stars—things you alone
founded.
5(4) What is man that you are mindful of him
or son of man that you attend to him?
6(5) You diminished him a little in comparison
with angels;
with glory and honor you crowned
him.
7(6) And you set him over the works of your
hands;
you subjected all under his feet,
8(7) sheep and cattle, all together,
and further the beasts of the plain,
9(8) the birds of the air and the fish of the sea
—the things that pass through paths of
seas.
10(9) O Lord, our Lord, how admirable is your
name in all the earth! |
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(New English Translation of the Septuagint © 2007 - International Organization for the Septuagint and Cognate Studies - published by Oxford University Press. Buy from Amazon - or use the CCAT-SAS-UPENN online access. The NETS is one of the most valuable LXX English book next to Lust's lexicon of the Septuagint because the English matches Rahlfs Greek text (almost always). Buy the NETS if you can.) |
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Brenton's 1859 Translation
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Psalm 8 |
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1 For the end, concerning the wine-presses, a Psalm of David.
O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! for thy magnificence is exalted above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou perfected praise, because of thine enemies; that thou mightest put down the enemy and avenger.
3 For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established.
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 Thou madest him a little less than angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour;
6 and thou hast set him over the works of thy hands: thou hast put all things under his feet:
7 sheep and all oxen, yea and the cattle of the field;
8 the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea, the [creatures] passing through the paths of the sea.
9 O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is thy name in all the earth! |
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The Eastern / Greek Orthodox Bible
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Psalm 8
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For the end, concerning the wine-presses, a Psalm of David
1 O Lord, our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth!
for your magnificence is exalted above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of infants and sucklings have you perfected praise,
because of your enemies; that you might put down the enemy and avenger.
3 For I will behold the heavens, the work of your fingers;
the moon and stars, which you have established.
4 What is man, that you are mindful of him?
or the son of man, that you visit him?
5 You made him a little less than angels,
you have crowned him with glory and honor;
6 You have set him over the works of your hands:
you have put all things under his feet:
7 sheep and all oxen, yes and the cattle of the field;
8 the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea,
the creatures passing through the paths of the sea.
9 O Lord our Lord, how wonderful is your name in all the earth! |
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The Eastern Orthodox Bible (Psalms translated by Peter Papoutsis(?)) used with permission. |
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#1 Title: Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τῶν ληνῶν· ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυιδ.
TR 1 XXX
#2-1 Κύριε ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν, ὡς θαυμαστὸν τὸ ὄνομά σου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ γῇ,
TR 2-1 XXX
#2-2 ὅτι ἐπήρθη ἡ μεγαλοπρέπειά σου ὑπεράνω τῶν οὐρανῶν.
TR 2-2 XXX
#3-1 ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον
TR 3-1 XXX
#3-2 ἕνεκα τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου
TR 3-2 XXX
#3-3 τοῦ καταλῦσαι ἐχθρὸν καὶ ἐκδικητήν.
TR 3-3 XXX
#4-1 ὅτι ὄψομαι τοὺς οὐρανούς, ἔργα τῶν δακτύλων σου,
TR 4-1 XXX
#4-2 σελήνην καὶ ἀστέρας, ἃ σὺ ἐθεμελίωσας.
ΤR 4-2 XXX
#5-1 τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, ὅτι μιμνῄσκῃ αὐτοῦ,
TR 5-1 XXX
#5-2 ἢ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου, ὅτι ἐπισκέπτῃ αὐτόν;
TR 5-2 XXX
#6-1 ἠλάττωσας αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παρ' ἀγγέλους,
TR 6-1 XXX
#6-2 δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσας αὐτόν·
TR 6-2 XXX
#7-1 καὶ κατέστησας αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου,
TR 7-1 XXX
#7-2 πάντα ὑπέταξας ὑποκάτω τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ,
TR 7-2 XXX
#8-1 πρόβατα καὶ βόας πάσας,
TR 8-1 XXX
#8-2 ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ κτήνη τοῦ πεδίου,
TR 8-2 XXX
#9-1 τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἰχθύας τῆς θαλάσσης,
TR 9-1 XXX
#9-2 τὰ διαπορευόμενα τρίβους θαλασσῶν.
TR 9-2 XXX
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TR 10 XXX
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