Psalms 39
1 I said [to myself], “I will be careful not to sin by the things that I say [MTY]. I will not say anything [to complain] while wicked people are near to me [and can hear me].”
Au maître de chant, à Idithun. Chant de David. Je disais: " Je veillerai sur mes voies, de peur de pécher par la langue; je mettrai un frein à ma bouche, tant que le méchant sera devant moi. "
2 [So] I was completely silent [DOU], and I did not [even] talk about things that were good, but it was useless, because I began to suffer even more.
Et je suis resté muet, dans le silence; je me suis tu, quoique privé de tout bien. Mais ma douleur s'est irritée,
3 I became very anxious/worried [IDM]. As I thought [about my troubles], I became more worried. Then [finally] I said [MTY],
mon cœur s'est embrasé au-dedans de moi; dans mes réflexions un feu s'est allumé, et la parole est venue sur ma langue.
4 “Yahweh, show/tell me how long I will live. Tell me when I will die. Tell me how many years I will live!
Fais-moi connaître, Yahweh, quel est le terme de ma vie; quelle est la mesure de mes jours; que je sache combien je suis périssable.
5 [It seems that] you have caused me to live only a short time; (my lifetime/all the time that I have lived) seems like nothing to you. The time that all we humans live is [as short as] [MET] a puff of wind.
Tu as donné à mes jours la largeur de la main, et ma vie est comme un rien devant toi. Oui, tout homme vivant n'est qu'un souffle. — Séla.
6 Then we disappear like a shadow does. It seems that all that we do is for nothing/useless. We [sometimes] get a lot of money, but we do not know who will get it [after we die].
Oui, l'homme passe comme une ombre; oui, c'est en vain qu'il s'agite; il amasse, et il ignore qui recueillera.
7 So now, Yahweh, if I expect [RHQ] [to receive blessings from other people], I will be disappointed. You are the [only] one from whom I confidently expect [to receive blessings].
Maintenant, que puis-je attendre, Seigneur? Mon espérance est en toi.
8 Save me from [being punished for] all the sins that I have committed. And do not allow foolish people to make fun of me.
Délivre-moi de toutes mes transgressions; ne me rends pas l'opprobre de l'insensé.
9 I did not say anything [when you punished me], because [I knew that] you were the one who caused [me to suffer].
Je me tais, je n'ouvre plus la bouche, car c'est toi qui agis.
10 But now, please stop punishing me! [If you do not do that], I am about to die because of the ways that you [SYN] have struck/afflicted me.
Détourne de moi tes coups; sous la rigueur de ta main, je succombe!
11 When you rebuke someone and punish him for the sin that he has committed, you destroy the things that (he loves/are precious to him), like moths’ [larva] destroy clothing. Our lives [disappear like] a puff of wind.
Quand tu châties l'homme, en le punissant de son iniquité, tu détruis, comme fait la teigne, ce qu'il a de plus cher. Oui, tout homme n'est qu'un souffle. — Séla.
12 Yahweh, listen to me while I pray; pay attention to me while I cry out to you. Help me while I am crying. I am here on the earth for only a short time, like all my ancestors.
Ecoute ma prière, Yahweh, prête l'oreille à mes cris, ne sois pas insensible à mes larmes! Car je suis un étranger chez toi, un voyageur, comme tous mes pères.
13 [Now] please leave me alone, [and do not punish me any more] in order that I may smile and be happy for a while before I die. [EUP, DOU]”
Détourne de moi le regard et laisse-moi respirer, avant que je m'en aille et que je ne sois plus!
