## Aramaic Targum to Psalms Chapter 8

###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:1
[Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Psalms/r/8:1)

לְשַׁבָּחָא עַל כִּנוֹרָא דְאַיְתֵי מִגַת תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא לְדָוִד:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
For praise, *on the lyre that he brought from* Gath. A hymn of David.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:2
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יְיָ אֱלָהָא רִבּוֹנָנָא כְּמָא תְלִיל שְׁמָךְ וּמְשַׁבַּח בְּכוֹלָא אַרְעָא דִיהַבְתָּא זִוָךְ עֵיל מִן שְׁמַיָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
O God²⁵ our master, how lofty is your name *and praiseworthy* in all the earth, you who have placed your splendor above the heavens.

footnotes:
²⁵ LORD


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:3
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מִפּוּם עוּלֵמַיָא וְיוֹנְקַיָא אִשְׁתֵּסְתָּא עוֹשָׁנָא מִן בִּגְלַל מְעִיקָיִךְ לְבַטָלָא בְּעֵיל דְבָבָא וְגָזוֹמָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
From the mouth of children and infants you have established strength because of your oppressors, to bring to naught the enemy and the violent man.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:4
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מְטוּל דְאֶחְמֵי שְׁמָיִךְ עוֹבָדִי אֶצְבְּעָתָךְ סִיהֲרָא וְכֹכְבַיָא דִי אַתְקֵינְתָּא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
Because I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have fixed in place,


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:5
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מַה בַּר נָשָׁא מִטוּל תִּדְכַּר עוֹבָדוֹי וּבַר נָשָׁא מְטוּל תִּסְעַר עֲלוֹי:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
What is a son of man, because you will remember *his deeds*, and a son of man, because you will punish him?


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:6
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וְחִסַרְתָּא יָתֵיהּ קַלִיל מִמַלְאֲכַיָא וְאַיְקָרָא וְשִׁבְהוֹרָא תֵכְלְלִנֵיהּ:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
And you have made him a little less than *the angels*, and you will crown him with glory and brightness.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:7
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אַשְׁלַטְתֵּיהּ בְּעוֹבָדֵי יְדָךְ כּוֹלָא שַׁוִיתָא תְחוֹת רִגְלוֹי:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
You made him ruler over the works of your hands; all things you have placed under his feet.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:8
[Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Psalms/r/8:8)

עָאן וְתוֹרֵי כוּלְהוֹן וּלְחוֹד בְּעִירֵי חַקְלָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
Sheep and oxen, all of them, and also the beasts of the field.


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:9
[Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Psalms/r/8:9)

צִפְּרֵי שְׁמַיָא וְנוּנֵי יַמָא וְלִוְיָתָן דְחָלִיף אִסְרָטֵי יַמָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, *and Leviathan* who passes along²⁶ the paths of the sea.

footnotes:
²⁶ burst from


###### Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:10
[Aramaic Targum to Psalms 8:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Psalms/r/8:10)

יְיָ אֱלָהָא רִבּוֹנָנָא כְּמָה תְלִיל וּמְשַׁבַּח שְׁמָךְ בְּכוּלָא אַרְעָא:

**The Psalms Targum: An English Translation (Edward M. Cook):**
O God our master, how lofty *and praiseworthy* is your name in all the earth!