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 chantre des Jéduthunites. Cantique de David. J'avais dit: « Je veillerai sur mes voies, pour ne point pécher par la langue; j'aurai soin de mettre un frein à ma bouche, tant que les impies seront en ma présence. »
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.
Je fus muet, silencieux, évitant même de parler du bonheur. Mais ma douleur s'irritait,
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'enflammait dans mon sein, où mes pensées allumèrent un feu, et ma langue parla.
4 “Yahweh, show/tell me how long I will live. Tell me when I will die. Tell me how many years I will live!
Éternel, montre-moi le terme de ma vie, et quelle est la durée de mes jours! O! que je sache combien je suis fragile!
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.
Voici, tu as donné à mes jours l'espace d'une palme, et ma durée est comme un néant devant toi; oui, tout homme a la consistance d'un souffle. (Pause)
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, comme une ombre le mortel se promène; oui, il s'agite avec bruit pour ce qui passe; il amasse, et il ne sait 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].
Et maintenant, que puis-je attendre, Seigneur? Mon espoir 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.
Sauve-moi de tous mes péchés, ne m'expose pas aux outrages de l'impie!
9 I did not say anything [when you punished me], because [I knew that] you were the one who caused [me to suffer].
Mais je me tais, je n'ouvre pas 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.
Eloigne de moi tes plaies! Je péris sous ta main irritée.
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 par des peines tu châties l'homme d'une faute, semblable à la teigne, tu détruis son bien le plus cher. Oui, tout mortel est un souffle. (Pause)
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, Éternel, et prête l'oreille à mes cris! Ne sois point sourd à mes larmes, car je suis un étranger chez toi, un hôte, 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]”
Ne tiens plus tes yeux attachés sur moi, afin que je retrouve la sérénité, avant que je m'en aille, et que je ne sois plus!
