Psalms 18
1 [For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, ] I love you, 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, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my Rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, 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 call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.
J’invoquai celui qui est digne de louange, Yahweh, et je fus délivré de mes ennemis.
4 The waves of death surrounded me, and the currents of ungodliness overwhelmed me.
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 upon the LORD, and cried out to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry before him came 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 mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
La terre fut ébranlée et trembla, les fondements des montagnes s’agitèrent, et ils furent ébranlés, parce qu’il était courroucé;
8 Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. 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. Thick darkness was under his feet.
il abaissa les cieux, et descendit; une sombre nuée était sous ses pieds.
10 He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared 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 hiding place, his canopy around him thick clouds dark with water.
Il fit des ténèbres sa retraite, sa tente autour de lui c’étaient des eaux obscures et de sombres nuages.
12 From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed on, with hailstones 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 sky. The Most High uttered his voice.
Yahweh tonna dans les cieux, le Très-Haut fit retentir sa voix: grêle et charbons ardents!
14 And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed them.
Il lança ses flèches et les dispersa; il multiplia ses foudres et il les confondit.
15 And the depths of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, 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 on high. 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, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.
Il me délivra de mon ennemi puissant, de ceux qui me haïssaient, alors qu’ils étaient plus forts que moi.
18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my support.
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 has 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 ordinances were before me. 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 blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.
J’étais sans reproche envers lui, et je me tenais en garde contre mon iniquité.
24 Therefore the LORD has rewarded 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 faithful you show yourself faithful. With the innocent you show yourself innocent.
Avec celui qui est bon tu te montres bon, avec l’homme droit tu te montres droit;
26 With the pure you show yourself pure. And with the crooked you show yourself tortuous.
avec celui qui est pur tu te montres pur, et avec le fourbe tu agis perfidement.
27 For you will save a humble people, but the eyes of the proud you will bring low.
Car tu sauves le peuple humilié, et tu abaisses les regards hautains.
28 For you light my lamp. The LORD my God lights up my darkness.
Oui, tu fais briller mon flambeau; Yahweh, mon Dieu, éclaire mes ténèbres.
29 For by you, I advance through a troop. By my God, I leap 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 pure. He is a shield to all those who take refuge 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, except the LORD? Who is a rock, besides our God,
Car qui est Dieu, si ce n’est Yahweh, et qui est un rocher, si ce n’est notre Dieu?
32 the God who girds me with strength, and makes my way blameless?
Le Dieu qui me ceint de force, qui rend ma voie parfaite;
33 He makes my feet like deer's 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 my arms bend a bow of bronze.
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 holds me up, and your help 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, My feet have not slipped.
Tu élargis mon pas au-dessous de moi, et mes pieds ne chancellent point.
37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them, and I did not turn back until they were destroyed.
Je poursuis mes ennemis et je les atteins; je ne reviens pas sans les avoir anéantis.
38 I struck them through, so that they did not rise. They fell beneath my feet.
Je les brise, et ils ne se relèvent pas; Ils tombent sous mes pieds.
39 For you have equipped me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
Tu me ceins de force pour le combat, tu fais plier sous moi mes adversaires.
40 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who 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; even to the LORD, but he did not answer them.
Ils crient, et personne pour les sauver! Ils crient vers Yahweh, et il ne leur répond pas!
42 Then I ground them as fine as the dust on the surface of a path. Like the mud in the streets, I trampled them.
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. You have made me the head of the nations. 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 obey me. Foreigners come cringing to me;
Dès qu’ils ont entendu, ils m’obéissent; les fils de l’étranger me flattent.
45 they are not bound in chains.
Les fils de l’étranger sont défaillants, ils sortent tremblants de leurs forteresses.
46 The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,
Vive Yahweh et béni soit mon rocher! Que le Dieu de mon salut soit exalté;
47 even the God who executes vengeance for me, and subdues peoples under me.
Dieu qui m’accorde des vengeances, qui me soumet les peuples,
48 He rescues me from my enemies. Yes, you lift me up above those who rise up against me. You deliver 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 I will praise you, LORD, among the nations, and will 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 He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his descendants, until forever.
Il accorde de glorieuses délivrances à son roi, il fait miséricorde à son oint, à David et à sa postérité pour toujours.
