Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:1

耶和华我们的主啊，祢的名在全地何其美！-诗篇8篇1节

O Lord, our majestic Maker, our hearts turn toward praise when we see snapshots of Your beautiful world. Thank You for creating us! Help us to rule Your world with wisdom.

求祢帮助我们，能以智慧管理祢所造的世界。

充满智慧的上帝创造我和我居住的世界，
更以智慧看顾我。–杨腓力

When my husband and I go for nature walks, we bring our cameras and take close-ups of the plants at our feet, which are like microcosms of the world. What amazing variety and beauty we see, even in the fungi that spring up overnight and dot the woods with splashes of bright orange, red, and yellow!

我和丈夫一起去散步赏景时，总会带上相机，拍下我们脚边各类植物的特写照片，这些植物就像是个微观世界一样。我们所看见的大自然世界，实在是既丰富又美丽，即使是一夜之间就能涌现的蕈类，都为树木点缀上一丛丛的橘色、红色和黄色！

The snapshots of life that surround us inspire me to lift my eyes to the Maker who created not only mushrooms but also the stars in the heavens. He designed a world of infinite scope and variety. And He made you and me and placed us in the very middle of this beauty to enjoy and to rule over it (Gen. 1:27–28; Ps. 8:6–8).

拍摄这些生活周遭事物的照片，提醒我要抬头仰望那位创造各种菇类，及满天星宿的造物主。祂设计的世界广袤无垠、多彩缤纷，祂更创造了你我，将我们安置在这一切美好事物中，享受并管理一切（创世记1章27-28节 ；诗篇8篇6-8节）。

My thoughts turn to one of our family’s “camping psalms”—psalms we read as we sit around the fire. “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. . . . When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?” (Ps. 8:1–4).

这让我想起我们一家人常朗诵的“露营诗篇”，那是我们围坐在营火旁朗诵的诗篇。“耶和华我们的主啊，祢的名在全地何其美！祢将祢的荣耀彰显于天。……我观看祢指头所造的天，并祢所陈设的月亮星宿，便说，人算什么，祢竟顾念他？世人算什么，祢竟眷顾他？”（诗篇8篇1-4节）

How amazing that the great God who created the world in all its splendor cares for you and me!
多么奇妙！这位创造世界万物的伟大造物主，竟然眷顾你和我！

伟大的造物主啊，当我们观看祢创造的美丽世界，
心中充满赞美。感谢祢创造了我们！

Psalm 8New International Version (NIV)

For the director of music. According to gittith.[b] A psalm of David.

1 Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory
    in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
    you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
    to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
    the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
    which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
    human beings that you care for them?[c]

5 You have made them[d] a little lower than the angels[e]
    and crowned them[f] with glory and honor.
6 You made them rulers over the works of your hands;
    you put everything under their[g] feet:
7 all flocks and herds,
    and the animals of the wild,
8 the birds in the sky,
    and the fish in the sea,
    all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!

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