Psalms 60
1 [I prayed], “God, you have rejected us [Israelis]! Because you have been angry [with us], you have [enabled our enemies] to break through our ranks. [Please] enable us to be strong again!
Au chef de musique. Sur Shushan. Témoignage. Mictam. De David; pour enseigner; quand il fit la guerre contre les Syriens de Naharaïm, et contre les Syriens de Tsoba, et que Joab revint et frappa les Édomites dans la vallée du Sel, au nombre de 12 000. Ô Dieu! tu nous as rejetés, tu nous as dispersés, tu t’es irrité; ramène-nous.
2 [When we were defeated, it was as though] [MET] there was a big earthquake in our land that caused the ground to split open. So now, [just as only you can] cause the cracks in the land to disappear, [help our army to be strong again], because [it is as though] our country is (falling apart/being destroyed).
Tu as fait trembler la terre, tu l’as fendue: répare ses brèches, car elle chancelle.
3 You have caused [us], your people, to suffer very much; [it is as though] you forced us to drink [strong] wine that caused us to stagger around [after we became drunk].
Tu as fait voir à ton peuple des choses dures; tu nous as donné à boire un vin d’étourdissement.
4 But you have raised a battle flag for those who revere you in order that they can gather around it and not [be killed by the enemies’] arrows.
Tu as donné une bannière à ceux qui te craignent, pour la déployer à cause de la vérité, (Sélah)
5 Answer our [prayers] and enable us by your power [MTY] to defeat [our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.”
Afin que tes bien-aimés soient délivrés. Sauve par ta droite, et réponds-moi!
6 [Then] God [answered my prayer and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will divide up [everything in] Shechem [city], and I will distribute it among my people [the land in] Succoth Valley.
Dieu a parlé dans sa sainteté: je me réjouirai; je partagerai Sichem et je mesurerai la vallée de Succoth.
7 The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my helmet [MET]; and [the tribe of] Judah is [like] the (scepter/stick [that I hold which shows that I am the ruler]) [MET];
Galaad est à moi, et Manassé est à moi, et Éphraïm est la force de ma tête; Juda est mon législateur;
8 but the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”
Moab est le bassin où je me lave; sur Édom j’ai jeté ma sandale. Philistie, pousse des cris de triomphe à mon sujet!
9 [Because I want to defeat the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.)” [RHQ]
Qui me conduira dans la ville forte? Qui me mènera jusqu’en Édom?
10 So, God, we [desire/hope that] [RHQ] you have not truly abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our armies march out [to fight our enemies].
Ne sera-ce pas toi, ô Dieu, qui nous as rejetés, et qui n’es pas sorti, ô Dieu, avec nos armées?
11 [We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
Donne-nous du secours pour sortir de détresse; car la délivrance qui vient de l’homme est vaine.
12 But with you [helping us], we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies.
Par Dieu nous ferons des actes de valeur, et c’est lui qui foulera nos adversaires.
