Psalms 109
1 God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
Psaume de David, [donné] au maître chantre. Ô Dieu de ma louange, ne te tais point.
2 because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
Car la bouche du méchant, et la bouche [remplie] de fraudes se sont ouvertes contre moi, [et] m'ont parlé, en usant d'une langue trompeuse.
3 They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
Et des paroles pleines de haine m'ont environné, et ils me font la guerre sans cause.
4 I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but [instead of being kind to me], they say that I have done evil things.
Au lieu que je les aimais, ils ont été mes ennemis; mais moi, je n'ai fait que prier [en leur faveur].
5 In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
Et ils m'ont rendu le mal pour le bien, et la haine pour l'amour que je leur portais.
6 They said, “Appoint a wicked [judge] who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
Etablis le méchant sur lui, et fais que l'adversaire se tienne à sa droite.
7 And cause that when the trial [ends], [the judge will] declare that he is guilty, and that [even] his prayer will be considered to be a sin.
Quand il sera jugé, fais qu'il soit déclaré méchant, et que sa prière soit regardée comme un crime.
8 [Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
Que sa vie soit courte, et qu'un autre prenne sa charge.
9 Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
Que ses enfants soient orphelins, et sa femme veuve;
10 Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.
Et que ses enfants soient entièrement vagabonds, et qu'ils mendient et quêtent [en sortant] de leurs maisons détruites.
11 Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire.
Que le créancier usant d'exaction attrape tout ce qui est à lui, et que les étrangers butinent tout son travail.
12 Cause that [while he is still living] no one will be kind to him, and [after he dies], cause that no one will pity his children.
Qu'il n'y ait personne qui étende sa compassion sur lui, et qu'il n'y ait personne qui ait pitié de ses orphelins.
13 Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
Que sa postérité soit exposée à être retranchée; que leur nom soit effacé dans la race qui le suivra.
14 Yahweh, remember [and do not forgive] his ancestors for the evil things that they did, and do not [even] forgive the sins that his mother committed;
Que l'iniquité de ses pères revienne en mémoire à l'Eternel, et que le péché de sa mère ne soit point effacé.
15 think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
Qu'ils soient continuellement devant l'Eternel; et qu'il retranche leur mémoire de la terre;
16 He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
Parce qu'il ne s'est point souvenu d'user de miséricorde, mais il a persécuté l'homme affligé et misérable, dont le cœur est brisé, et cela pour le faire mourir.
17 He liked to curse [people]. [So] cause those terrible things that he requested to happen to others to happen to him! He did not want to bless [others], [so] cause that no one will bless him!
Puisqu'il a aimé la malédiction, que la malédiction tombe sur lui; et parce qu'il n'a point pris plaisir à la bénédiction, que la bénédiction aussi s'éloigne de lui.
18 He cursed other people [as often/easily] as he put on his clothes [SIM]; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will [happen to him and] enter his body like water [that he drinks] [SIM], like [olive] oil soaks into a person’s bones [when it is rubbed on his skin] [SIM].
Et qu'il soit revêtu de malédiction comme de sa robe, et qu'elle entre dans son corps comme de l'eau, et dans ses os comme de l'huile.
19 Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
Qu'elle lui soit comme un vêtement dont il se couvre, et comme une ceinture, dont il se ceigne continuellement.
20 Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about me.
Telle soit de part l'Eternel la récompense de mes adversaires, et de ceux qui parlent mal de moi.
21 But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me [from my enemies] because your faithfully loving me is good.
Mais toi, Eternel Seigneur, agis avec moi pour l'amour de ton Nom; [et] parce que ta miséricorde est tendre, délivre-moi.
22 [I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
Car je suis affligé et misérable, et mon cœur est blessé au-dedans de moi.
23 [I think that] my time [to remain alive] is short, like an evening shadow [that will soon disappear] [SIM]. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown [by the wind].
Je m'en vais comme l'ombre quand elle décline, et je suis chassé comme une sauterelle.
24 My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
Mes genoux sont affaiblis par le jeûne, et ma chair s'est amaigrie, au lieu qu'elle était en bon point.
25 The people who accuse me make fun of me; when they see me, they [insult me by] shaking their heads [at me as though I were an evil man].
Encore leur suis-je en opprobre; quand ils me voient ils branlent la tête.
26 Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
Eternel mon Dieu! aide-moi, [et] délivre-moi selon ta miséricorde.
27 [When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it!
Afin qu'on connaisse que c'est ici ta main, et que toi, ô Eternel! tu as fait ceci.
28 They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me. Cause those who (persecute/cause problems for) me [to be defeated and as a result] to be disgraced/ashamed, and cause me to be glad/happy!
Ils maudiront, mais tu béniras; ils s'élèveront, mais ils seront confus, et ton serviteur se réjouira.
29 Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; cause [other people to see] that they are disgraced, as [easily as they see] the clothes that they wear [SIM]!
Que mes adversaires soient revêtus de confusion, et couverts de leur honte comme d'un manteau.
30 But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
Je célébrerai hautement de ma bouche l'Eternel, et je le louerai au milieu de plusieurs nations.
31 [I will do that] because he defends [MTY] needy [people like me], and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed.
De ce qu'il se tient à la droite du misérable, pour le délivrer de ceux qui condamnent son âme.
