Psalms 144
1 I praise Yahweh, who is [like an overhanging] rock [under which I] ([get refuge/am protected])! He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles; he trains my fingers so that I can [shoot arrows in a war].
De David. Béni soit Yahweh, mon rocher, qui a dressé mes mains au combat, et mes doigts à la guerre,
2 He is the one who protects me; he is [like] a fortress [DOU] in which I am safe, he protects me [like] [protect soldiers] [MET], and he gives me refuge. He defeats [other] nations and [then] puts them under my power.
mon bienfaiteur et ma forteresse, ma haute retraite et mon libérateur, mon bouclier, celui qui est mon refuge, qui range mon peuple sous moi!
3 Yahweh, [we] people are [very insignificant/unimportant], so why (are you concerned/do you care about us) [RHQ]? [It is amazing to me that] you pay attention to humans.
Yahweh, qu'est-ce que l'homme pour que tu le connaisses, le fils de l'homme, pour que tu prennes garde à lui?
4 [The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
L'homme est semblable à un souffle, ses jours sont comme l'ombre qui passe.
5 Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
Yahweh, abaisse tes cieux et descends; touche les montagnes, et qu'elles s'embrasent;
6 Cause lightning to flash with the result that [your enemies] will run away! Shoot your arrows [at them] and cause them to (run away/scatter).
fais briller les éclairs, et disperse les ennemis; lance tes flèches, et mets-les en déroute.
7 [It is as though my enemies surround me like] a flood; reach your hand down from heaven and rescue me from them [SYN]. They are men from other countries
Etends tes mains d'en haut, délivre-moi et sauve-moi des grandes eaux, de la main des fils de l'étranger,
8 who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
dont la bouche profère le mensonge, et dont la droite est une droite parjure.
9 God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
O Dieu, je te chanterai un cantique nouveau, je te célébrerai sur le luth à dix cordes.
10 You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
Toi qui donnes aux rois la victoire, qui sauves du glaive meurtrier David, ton serviteur,
11 [So I ask you to] save me from [being killed by] the swords [that those] evil [people carry]. Rescue me from the power [MTY] of those foreigners who [SYN] [always] tell lies, and [who raise] their right hands [in courtrooms when they solemnly declare that they will tell the truth].
délivre-moi et sauve-moi de la main des fils de l'étranger, dont la bouche profère le mensonge, et dont la droite est une droite parjure.
12 I wish/hope that our young sons will grow up to be like strong plants [SIM], and I wish/hope that our daughters will [grow up to] be [straight and tall] like the pillars [SIM] that stand in the corners of palaces.
Que nos fils, comme des plants vigoureux, grandissent en leur jeunesse! Que nos filles soient comme les colonnes angulaires, sculptées à la façon de celles d'un temple!
13 I wish/hope that our barns will be full of many different crops. I wish/hope that the sheep in our fields will give birth to tens of thousands of baby lambs.
Que nos greniers soient remplis, et regorgent de toutes sortes de provisions! Que nos brebis, dans nos pâturages, se multiplient par milliers et par myriades!
14 I wish/hope that our cows will give birth to many calves without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us (into exile/to their own countries)). I wish/hope that [there will not be a time when the people in] our streets cry out in distress [because foreign armies are invading].
Que nos génisses soient fécondes! Qu'il n'y ait dans nos murs ni brèche, ni reddition! Ni cri d'alarme dans nos places publiques!
15 If good things like that happen to a nation, the people will be very happy. The people whose God is Yahweh are the ones who will be happy!
Heureux le peuple qui jouit de ces biens! Heureux le peuple dont Yahweh est le Dieu!
