Psalms 141
1 Yahweh, I call out to you; [please] help me quickly! Listen to me when I am calling to you.
Psaume de David. Eternel, je t’invoque, hâte-toi de me porter secours, prête l’oreille à ma voix, lorsque je t’invoque.
2 Accept my prayer as though it were incense [being burned as an offering] [SIM] to you. And accept me while I lift up my hands [to pray] to you like you accept sacrifices [that I offer to you each] evening [SIM].
Que ma prière soit considérée à tes yeux comme de l’encens, mes mains tendues comme l’offrande du soir.
3 Yahweh, do not allow me to say [MTY] things that are wrong; guard my lips.
Exerce, ô Eternel, ta surveillance sur ma bouche, garde avec soin la porte de mes lèvres.
4 Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong, and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds [DOU]. Do not [even] allow me to share in eating delightful food with them!
Ne laisse mon cœur tendre à rien de mauvais, se livrer à des actes criminels, de concert avec des gens pratiquant l’iniquité. Puissé-je ne jamais goûter à leurs plats fins!
5 It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke me because they are trying to act kindly toward me [to teach me to do what is right], but I do not want wicked [people] to [honor me by] anointing my head with [olive] oil; I am always praying [that you will punish them because of] the wicked deeds [that they do].
Que le juste m’assène des coups, c’est une preuve d’amour; qu’il me châtie, c’est comme de l’huile sur la tête, à laquelle ma tête ne se soustrait point; mais certes de façon constante ma prière s’élèvera contre leurs méchancetés.
6 When their rulers are thrown down from the top of rocky cliffs, people will know that what you, Yahweh, said [about them] is true.
Que leurs magistrats glissent sur les arêtes du rocher, on entendra alors combien douces sont mes paroles.
7 Like a log that is split and cut into small pieces [SIM], their shattered bones will be scattered [on the ground] near [other] graves. (Sheol h7585)
De même que le laboureur creuse et entrouvre le sol, ainsi nos ossements gisent épars au bord de la tombe. (Sheol h7585)
8 But Yahweh God, I [continue to] ask you [to help me]. I ask you to protect me; do not allow me to (die/be killed) [now]!
Certes, vers toi, ô Dieu, mon Maître, se tournent mes yeux, en toi je mets mon attente: ne laisse pas s’écouler ma vie.
9 [It is as though] people have set traps for me; protect me from falling into those traps, [It is as though] they have spread nets to catch me; keep me from being caught in those nets.
Protège-moi contre le piège qu’ils m’ont dressé, contre les embûches des artisans d’iniquité.
10 I desire that wicked [people] will fall into the traps they have set [to catch me] while I escape [from them].
Que les impies tombent dans leurs propres filets, tandis que moi je passe outre, demeurant sain et sauf!
