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Psalmus 8.
(4A)
Psalm 8.
8:1. mine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra! 1. O Lord our Lord, * how admirable is thy name in the whole earth!
8:2. Quóniam eleváta est magnificéntia tua, * super los. 2. For thy magnificence is elevated * above the heavens.
8:3. Ex ore infántium et lacténtium perfecísti laudem propter inimícos tuos, * ut déstruas inimícum et ulrem. 3. Out of the mouth of infants and of sucklings thou hast perfected praise, because of thy enemies, * that thou mayst destroy the enemy and the avenger.
8:4. Quóniam vidébo cælos tuos, ópera digitórum tuórum : * lunam et stellas, quæ tu funsti. 4. For I will behold thy heavens, the works of thy fingers: * the moon and the stars which thou hast founded.
8:5. Quid est homo quod memor es ejus? * aut fílius hóminis, quóniam vísitas eum? 5. What is man that thou art mindful of him? * or the son of man that thou visitest him?
8:6. Minuísti eum paulo minus ab Ángelis, glória et honóre coronásti eum : * et constituísti eum super ópera mánuum tuárum. 6. Thou hast made him a little less than the angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour: * and hast set him over the works of thy hands.
8:7. Omnia subjecísti sub pédibus ejus, * oves et boves univérsas : ínsuper et pécora campi. 7. Thou hast subjected all things under his feet, * all sheep and oxen: moreover the beasts also of the fields.
8:8. Vólucres cæli, et pisces maris, * qui perámbulant sémitas maris. 8. The birds of the air, and the fishes of the sea, * that pass through the paths of the sea.
8:9. Dómine, Dóminus noster, * quam admirábile est nomen tuum in univérsa terra! 9. O Lord our Lord, * how admirable is thy name in all the earth!
V. Glória Patri, et lio, * et Spirítui Sancto. V. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Ghost.
R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen. R. As it was in the beginning, is now, * and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

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