Psalms 7
1 Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me [in order to harm me].
Shiggaïon de David, qu’il chanta à l’Éternel à l’occasion des paroles de Cush, le Benjaminite. Éternel, mon Dieu! en toi j’ai mis ma confiance: sauve-moi de tous ceux qui me poursuivent, et délivre-moi;
2 If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does [when it attacks the animals it wants to kill], and no one will save me [from them].
De peur qu’il ne déchire mon âme comme un lion qui met en pièces, et il n’y a personne qui délivre.
3 Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
Éternel, mon Dieu! si j’ai fait cela, s’il y a de la méchanceté dans mes mains,
4 if I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies,
Si j’ai rendu le mal à celui qui était en paix avec moi (mais j’ai délivré celui qui me pressait sans cause),
5 allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me [SYN] [lying dead] in the dirt.
Que l’ennemi poursuive mon âme et l’atteigne, et qu’il foule à terre ma vie, et qu’il fasse demeurer ma gloire dans la poussière. (Sélah)
6 But Yahweh, because you are [very] angry [with those who pursue me], arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily [attacking me] Do to them what is just!
Lève-toi dans ta colère, ô Éternel! Élève-toi contre les fureurs de ceux qui me pressent, et réveille-toi pour moi: tu as commandé le jugement.
7 Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
Et l’assemblée des peuplades t’environnera; et [toi], à cause d’elle, retourne en haut.
8 Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
L’Éternel jugera les peuples. Juge-moi, ô Éternel, selon ma justice et selon mon intégrité qui est en moi.
9 God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you [always] do what is just/right. [So now] stop evil people from doing wicked [deeds], and defend [all of us who are] righteous!
Que la malice des méchants prenne fin, je te prie, et affermis le juste, toi, le Dieu juste, qui sondes les cœurs et les reins.
10 God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
Mon bouclier est par-devers Dieu qui sauve ceux qui sont droits de cœur.
11 You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
Dieu est un juste juge, et un Dieu qui s’irrite tout le jour.
12 Whenever your enemies do not (repent/change their behavior), [it is as though] [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow [to get ready to kill them].
Si [le méchant] ne se retourne pas, [Dieu] aiguisera son épée: il a bandé son arc, et l’a ajusté,
13 You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
Et il a préparé contre lui des instruments de mort, il a rendu brûlantes ses flèches.
14 Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do [MET] the evil things that they are planning to do [just as surely as] a pregnant woman [knows that she is going to give birth to a child] [MET].
Voici, [le méchant] est en travail pour l’iniquité, et il conçoit le trouble et il enfante le mensonge.
15 But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
Il a creusé une fosse, et il l’a rendue profonde; et il est tombé dans la fosse qu’il a faite.
16 They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.
Le trouble qu’il avait préparé retombera sur sa tête, et sa violence descendra sur son crâne.
17 I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
Je célébrerai l’Éternel selon sa justice, et je chanterai le nom de l’Éternel, le Très-haut.
