Psalm 8 8 Psalms Book 1 Arabic Simplified Text 1 ARST Our Lord Yahweh, people all over the world know how impressive you are! You have made the sky show{ everyone} how grand you are{ every time anyone looks at it}! BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
2 ARST When{ anyone who is weak cries for help like} nursing little children cry{ for help} you{ listen and} protect them from your enemies,{ the ones that want to hurt your people}. In order to protect them, you destroy enemies who want to harm them in return{ for what you have justly done to them}. BSB BSB: From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
4 ARST It is amazing to me that you think about people, that you are concerned about humans! BSB BSB: what is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
5 ARST In fact though, you made humans to be just slightly lower than heavenly beings. You made humans to be glorious and majestic{ like you}. BSB BSB: You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
6 ARST You put humans in charge of everything that you made, you made them rule over all things— BSB BSB: You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:
7 ARST { over} all{ the domestic animals like} sheep, goats, and cattle, the wild animals too, BSB BSB: all sheep and oxen, and even the beasts of the field,
8 ARST the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything else that swims in the ocean. BSB BSB: the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
9 ARST Our Lord Yahweh, people all over the world know how impressive you are! BSB BSB: O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
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