## Psalms Chapter 8

###### Psalms 8:1
[Psalms 8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:1)

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּ֗ית מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
To the chief Musician upon the Gittit, A Psalm of David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For the conductor, on the gitith [a type of instrument], a psalm of David.


###### Psalms 8:2
[Psalms 8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:2)

יְהֹוָ֤ה אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ מָה־אַדִּ֣יר שִׁ֭מְךָ בְּכׇל־הָאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּנָ֥ה ה֝וֹדְךָ֗ עַל־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord our Lord, how majestic is Thy name in all the earth; who hast set Thy glory above the heavens.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, our Master, how mighty is Your name in all the earth [(beyond the poor capacity of the earthlings)]. Your glory [i.e., Your Shechinah] were [more fitly] reposed on the heavens! [But, in Your great humility —]


###### Psalms 8:3
[Psalms 8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:3)

מִפִּ֤י עוֹלְלִ֨ים**׀** וְֽיֹנְקִים֮ יִסַּ֢דְתָּ֫ עֹ֥ז לְמַ֥עַן צוֹרְרֶ֑יךָ לְהַשְׁבִּ֥ית א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength because of Thy enemies, that Thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
out of the mouths of babes and sucklings You have founded strength [i.e., You reposed Your Shechinah in the sanctuary and ordained that the Levites and the Cohanim ("babes" relative to Your grandeur) ascribe strength and glory unto You], for [the discomfiture of] Your foes [(to make known to them that we are Your people)], to put an end to [the reviling of] the foe and the avenger [(who taunt us as being no better than other nations)].


###### Psalms 8:4
[Psalms 8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:4)

כִּֽי־אֶרְאֶ֣ה שָׁ֭מֶיךָ מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֶצְבְּעֹתֶ֑יךָ יָרֵ֥חַ וְ֝כוֹכָבִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר כּוֹנָֽנְתָּה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When I behold Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
When I see Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have established —


###### Psalms 8:5
[Psalms 8:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:5)

מָה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־תִזְכְּרֶ֑נּוּ וּבֶן־אָ֝דָ֗ם כִּ֣י תִפְקְדֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
what is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You remember him!


###### Psalms 8:6
[Psalms 8:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:6)

וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ מְּ֭עַט מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְכָב֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תְּעַטְּרֵֽהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and Thou dost crown him with glory and honour.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Yet You have placed him but little beneath the angels [(empowering Moses to split the sea; Joshua, to make the sun stand still, etc.)], and You have crowned him with honor and glory.


###### Psalms 8:7
[Psalms 8:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:7)

תַּ֭מְשִׁילֵהוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣י יָדֶ֑יךָ כֹּ֝֗ל שַׁ֣תָּה תַֽחַת־רַגְלָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou makest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You have given him dominion over the work of Your hands — all have You placed beneath his feet!


###### Psalms 8:8
[Psalms 8:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:8)

צֹנֶ֣ה וַאֲלָפִ֣ים כֻּלָּ֑ם וְ֝גַ֗ם בַּהֲמ֥וֹת שָׂדָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
all sheep, and oxen, and also the beasts of the field;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Flocks and herds — all! And also the beasts of the field.


###### Psalms 8:9
[Psalms 8:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:9)

צִפּ֣וֹר שָׁ֭מַיִם וּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם עֹ֝בֵ֗ר אׇרְח֥וֹת יַמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea; whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The birds of heaven and the fish of the sea — he [man] crosses the paths of the seas.


###### Psalms 8:10
[Psalms 8:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/8:10)

יְהֹוָ֥ה אֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ מָה־אַדִּ֥יר שִׁ֝מְךָ֗ בְּכׇל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord our Lord, how majestic is Thy name in all the earth!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, our Master, how mighty is Your name in all the earth!