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].
Complainte de David. Chantée à l’Éternel, au sujet de Cusch, Benjamite. Éternel, mon Dieu! Je cherche en toi mon refuge; Sauve-moi de tous mes persécuteurs, 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].
Afin qu’ils ne me déchirent pas, comme un lion Qui dévore sans que personne vienne au secours.
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 l’iniquité 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 paisible envers moi, Si j’ai dépouillé celui qui m’opprimait 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 me poursuive et m’atteigne, Qu’il foule à terre ma vie, Et qu’il couche ma gloire dans la poussière! (Pause)
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, ô Éternel! Dans ta colère, Lève-toi contre la fureur de mes adversaires, Réveille-toi pour me secourir, ordonne un jugement!
7 Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
Que l’assemblée des peuples t’environne! Monte au-dessus d’elle vers les lieux élevés!
8 Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
L’Éternel juge les peuples: Rends-moi justice, ô Éternel! Selon mon droit et selon mon innocence!
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!
Mets un terme à la malice des méchants, Et affermis le juste, Toi qui sondes les cœurs et les reins, Dieu juste!
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 en Dieu, Qui sauve ceux dont le cœur est droit.
11 You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
Dieu est un juste juge, Dieu s’irrite en tout temps.
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 convertit pas, il aiguise son glaive, Il bande son arc, et il vise;
13 You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
Il dirige sur lui des traits meurtriers, Il rend ses flèches brûlantes.
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 prépare le mal, Il conçoit l’iniquité, et il enfante le néant.
15 But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
Il ouvre une fosse, il la creuse, Et il tombe 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.
Son iniquité retombe sur sa tête, Et sa violence redescend sur son front.
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 louerai l’Éternel à cause de sa justice, Je chanterai le nom de l’Éternel, du Très-Haut.
