8:6 you appoint them to rule over your creation; 1
you have placed 2 everything under their authority, 3
8:7 including all the sheep and cattle,
as well as the wild animals, 4
8:8 the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea
and everything that moves through the currents 5 of the seas.
8:9 O Lord, our Lord, 6
how magnificent 7 is your reputation 8 throughout the earth! 9
1 tn Heb “you cause [i.e., “permit, allow”] him to rule over the works of your hands.”
2 tn The perfect verbal form probably has a present perfect nuance here. It refers to the continuing effects of God’s original mandate (see Gen 1:26-30).
3 tn Heb “under his feet.”
4 tn Heb “and also the beasts of the field.”
5 tn Heb “paths.”
6 tn The plural form of the title emphasizes the
7 tn Or “awesome, majestic.”
8 tn Heb “name,” which here stands metonymically for God’s reputation.
9 sn Using the poetic device of inclusio, the psalmist ends the psalm the way he began it. The concluding refrain is identical to v. 1.