J. Timothy King

Psalm 8 provides the lyrics for this hauntingly middle-eastern, 4-part (SATB), a-cappella, Messianic Jewish choir arrangement. (Also suitable for use in other other Jewish sects, because the words are completely from the Psalms.)

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Lyrics

(transliterated as they appear in the score)

Mah a-dir sh’-me-cha b’-chal ha-a-retz,
a-sher t’-nah ho-d’-cha al ha-sha-ma-yim, A-do-nai.
Mah a-dir sh’-me-cha b’-chal ha-a-retz,
a-sher t’-nah ho-d’-cha al ha-sha-ma-yim.

Ki e-reh sha-me-cha ma’a-say etz-b’-o-te-cha
ya-ray-ach v’-cho-cha-vim a-sher ko-nan-tah.

Mah a-dir sh’-me-cha b’-chal ha-a-retz,
(Shaym A-do-nai b’-chal ha-a-retz.)
a-sher t’-nah ho-d’-cha al ha-sha-ma-yim.
(Ro-mah al ha-sha-ma-yim.*)

U-mah e-nosh ki tiz-k’-re-nu,
u-ven a-dam ki tif-k’-de-nu.
U-mah e-nosh ki tiz-k’-re-nu,
u-ven a-dam ki tif-k’-de-nu.

Ki e-reh sha-me-cha ma’a-say etz-b’-o-te-cha
ya-ray-ach v’-cho-cha-vim a-sher ko-nan-tah.
Ki e-reh sha-me-cha ma’a-say etz-b’-o-te-cha
ya-ray-ach v’-cho-cha-vim a-sher ko-nan-tah.

Ki e-reh sha-me-cha ma’a-say etz-b’-o-te-cha
(U-mah e-nosh ki tiz-k’-re’nu,)
ya-ray-ach v’-cho-cha-vim a-sher ko-nan-tah.
(u-ven a-dam ki tif-k’-de-nu.)
Ki e-reh sha-me-cha ma’a-say etz-b’-o-te-cha
(U-mah e-nosh ki tiz-k’-re’nu,)
ya-ray-ach v’-cho-cha-vim a-sher ko-nan-tah.
(u-ven a-dam ki tif-k’-de-nu.)

A-do-nai, A-do-nay-nu,
Mah a-dir sh’-me-cha
Mah a-dir sh’-me-cha
b’-chal ha-a-retz.

מָה אַדִיר שְׁמֶךָ בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תְּנָה הוֹדְךָ עַל הַשָּׁמָיִם:
(שֵׁם יהוה בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ: רוֹמָה עַל הַשָׁמָיִם:*)
כִּי אֶרְאֶה שָׁמֶיךָ מַעֲשֵׂי אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ יָרֵחַ וְכוֹכָבִים אֲשֶׁר כּוֹנָנְתָּה:
וּמָה אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תִזְכְּרֶנּוּ וּבֶן אָדָם כִּי תִפְקְדֶנּוּ:
יהוה אֲדֹנֵינוּ מָה אַדִיר שְׁמֶךָ בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ.

(English translation)
Hashem, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth;
You have set your splendor above the heavens;
(The name of Hashem, in all the earth; Exalt Yourself above the heavens;*)
For I will behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and stars that You set in place:
And what is man that You have been mindful of him?
Or mortal man that You have taken note of him?
Hashem, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth.

* From elsewhere in the Psalms.

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