Psalms 18
1 I will love you, O LORD, my strength.
Au maître de chant. Psaume du serviteur de Yahweh, de David, qui adressa à Yahweh les paroles de ce cantique, au jour où Yahweh l’eut délivré de la main de tous ses ennemis et de la main de Saül. Il dit: Je t’aime, Yahweh, ma force!
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Yahweh mon rocher, ma forteresse, mon libérateur, mon Dieu, mon roc où je trouve un asile, mon bouclier, la corne de mon salut, ma citadelle!
3 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies.
J’invoquai celui qui est digne de louange, Yahweh, et je fus délivré de mes ennemis.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Les liens de la mort m’environnaient, les torrents de Bélial m’épouvantaient,
les liens du schéol m’enlaçaient, les filets de la mort étaient tombés devant moi. (Sheol h7585)
6 In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Dans ma détresse, j’invoquai Yahweh, et je criai vers mon Dieu; de son temple il entendit ma voix, et mon cri devant lui parvint à ses oreilles.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
La terre fut ébranlée et trembla, les fondements des montagnes s’agitèrent, et ils furent ébranlés, parce qu’il était courroucé;
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
une fumée montait de ses narines, et un feu dévorant sortait de sa bouche; il en jaillissait des charbons embrasés.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
il abaissa les cieux, et descendit; une sombre nuée était sous ses pieds.
10 And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: yes, he did fly on the wings of the wind.
Il monta sur un Chérubin, et il volait; il planait sur les ailes du vent.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Il fit des ténèbres sa retraite, sa tente autour de lui c’étaient des eaux obscures et de sombres nuages.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
De l’éclat qui le précédait s’élancèrent ses nuées, portant la grêle et les charbons ardents.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Yahweh tonna dans les cieux, le Très-Haut fit retentir sa voix: grêle et charbons ardents!
14 Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightning, and discomfited them.
Il lança ses flèches et les dispersa; il multiplia ses foudres et il les confondit.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
Alors le lit des eaux apparut, les fondements de la terre furent mis à nu, à ta menace, Yahweh, au souffle du vent de tes narines.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Il étendit sa main d’en haut et me saisit, il me retira des grandes eaux.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
Il me délivra de mon ennemi puissant, de ceux qui me haïssaient, alors qu’ils étaient plus forts que moi.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Ils m’avaient surpris au jour de mon malheur; mais Yahweh fut mon appui.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
Il m’a mis au large, il m’a sauvé, parce qu’il s’est complu en moi.
20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
Yahweh m’a récompensé selon ma justice, il m’a rendu selon la pureté de mes mains.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Car j’ai gardé les voies de Yahweh, et je n’ai pas péché, pour m’éloigner de mon Dieu.
22 For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me.
Tous ses jugements étaient devant moi, et je n’ai pas rejeté loin de moi ses lois.
23 I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
J’étais sans reproche envers lui, et je me tenais en garde contre mon iniquité.
24 Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Yahweh m’a rendu selon ma justice, selon la pureté de mes mains devant ses yeux.
25 With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright;
Avec celui qui est bon tu te montres bon, avec l’homme droit tu te montres droit;
26 With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself devious.
avec celui qui est pur tu te montres pur, et avec le fourbe tu agis perfidement.
27 For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks.
Car tu sauves le peuple humilié, et tu abaisses les regards hautains.
28 For you will light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Oui, tu fais briller mon flambeau; Yahweh, mon Dieu, éclaire mes ténèbres.
29 For by you I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Avec toi je me précipite sur les bataillons armés; avec mon Dieu je franchis les murailles.
30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Dieu!... Ses voies sont parfaites; la parole de Yahweh est éprouvée, il est un bouclier pour tous ceux qui se confient en lui.
31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Car qui est Dieu, si ce n’est Yahweh, et qui est un rocher, si ce n’est notre Dieu?
32 It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect.
Le Dieu qui me ceint de force, qui rend ma voie parfaite;
33 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.
qui rend mes pieds semblables à ceux des biches, et me fait tenir debout sur mes hauteurs;
34 He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms.
qui forme mes mains au combat, et mes bras tendent l’arc d’airain.
35 You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great.
Tu m’as donné le bouclier de ton salut, et ta droite me soutient, et ta douceur me fait grandir.
36 You have enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip.
Tu élargis mon pas au-dessous de moi, et mes pieds ne chancellent point.
37 I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
Je poursuis mes ennemis et je les atteins; je ne reviens pas sans les avoir anéantis.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Je les brise, et ils ne se relèvent pas; Ils tombent sous mes pieds.
39 For you have girded me with strength to the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me.
Tu me ceins de force pour le combat, tu fais plier sous moi mes adversaires.
40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
Mes ennemis!... tu leur fais tourner le dos devant moi, et j’extermine ceux qui me haïssent.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not.
Ils crient, et personne pour les sauver! Ils crient vers Yahweh, et il ne leur répond pas!
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
Je les broie comme la poussière livrée au vent, je les balaie comme la boue des rues.
43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Tu me délivres des révoltes du peuple, tu me mets à la tête des nations; Des peuples que je ne connaissais pas me sont asservis.
44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
Dès qu’ils ont entendu, ils m’obéissent; les fils de l’étranger me flattent.
45 The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.
Les fils de l’étranger sont défaillants, ils sortent tremblants de leurs forteresses.
46 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
Vive Yahweh et béni soit mon rocher! Que le Dieu de mon salut soit exalté;
47 It is God that avenges me, and subdues the people under me.
Dieu qui m’accorde des vengeances, qui me soumet les peuples,
48 He delivers me from my enemies: yes, you lift me up above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man.
qui me délivre de mes ennemis! Oui, tu m’élèves au-dessus de mes adversaires, tu me sauves de l’homme de violence.
49 Therefore will I give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to your name.
C’est pourquoi je te louerai parmi les nations, ô Yahweh; je chanterai à la gloire de ton nom:
50 Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more.
Il accorde de glorieuses délivrances à son roi, il fait miséricorde à son oint, à David et à sa postérité pour toujours.
