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].
Contre Goliath.
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.
Il est ma miséricorde et mon refuge; mon soutien et mon libérateur;
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.
Seigneur, qu’est-ce que l’homme, pour que vous vous soyez fait connaître à lui? ou le fils de l’homme pour que vous en teniez compte?
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 ressemble à la vanité; ses jours comme une ombre passent.
5 Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
Seigneur, inclinez vos cieux, et descendez; touchez les montagnes, et elles fumeront.
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).
Faites briller vos éclairs, et vous les dissiperez: lancez vos flèches, et vous les jetterez dans le trouble.
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
Envoyez votre main d’en haut; délivrez-moi, sauvez-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 a parlé vanité, et dont la droite est une droite d’iniquité.
9 God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
Ô Dieu, je vous chanterai un cantique nouveau: je jouerai du psaltérion à dix cordes pour vous.
10 You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
Ô vous, qui procurez le salut des rois, qui avez racheté David votre serviteur d’un glaive meurtrier,
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].
Délivrez-moi. Et arrachez-moi à la main des fils de l’étranger, dont la bouche a parlé vanité, et dont la droite est une droite d’iniquité:
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.
Dont les fils sont comme de nouvelles plantes dans leur jeunesse. Leurs filles sont parées, entièrement ornées, ressemblant ainsi à 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.
Leurs greniers sont pleins, débordant de l’un dans l’autre. Leurs brebis fécondes sont en grande quantité, à leur sortie des étables;
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].
Leurs vaches sont grasses. Il n’y a pas de brèche à leur mur de clôture, ni d’entrées, ni de clameur dans leurs rues.
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!
On a dit bienheureux le peuple à qui sont ces avantages; mais plutôt bienheureux le peuple dont le Seigneur est le Dieu.
