Psalms 79
1 God, other people-groups have invaded your land. They have (desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship), and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem.
Psaume d’Asaph. Ô Dieu! les nations sont entrées dans ton héritage; elles ont profané ton saint temple; elles ont mis Jérusalem en monceaux de pierres.
2 [Instead of burying] the corpses of your people [whom they killed], they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses,
Elles ont donné les cadavres de tes serviteurs en pâture aux oiseaux des cieux, la chair de tes saints aux bêtes de la terre;
3 When they killed your people, your people’s blood flowed like water through [the streets of] Jerusalem, and there was [almost] no one [HYP] left to bury their corpses.
Elles ont versé leur sang comme de l’eau tout autour de Jérusalem, et il n’y a eu personne pour les enterrer.
4 The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
Nous avons été en opprobre à nos voisins, en risée et en raillerie auprès de nos alentours.
5 Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your being angry [destroy us like] a burning fire [destroys things]?
Jusques à quand, ô Éternel? Seras-tu en colère à toujours? Ta jalousie brûlera-t-elle comme le feu?
6 [Instead of being angry with us], be angry with the people-groups that do not know/worship you! Be angry with kingdoms whose people do not pray to you,
Verse ta fureur sur les nations qui ne t’ont pas connu, et sur les royaumes qui n’invoquent pas ton nom;
7 because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
Car on a dévoré Jacob, et on a dévasté sa demeure.
8 Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
Ne te souviens pas contre nous des iniquités anciennes; que tes compassions viennent en hâte au-devant de nous, car nous sommes devenus fort misérables.
9 God, you have saved/rescued [us many times], [so] help us [now]; rescue us and forgive us for having sinned in order that other people will honor you [MTY].
Aide-nous, ô Dieu de notre salut! à cause de la gloire de ton nom; et délivre-nous, et pardonne nos péchés, à cause de ton nom.
10 It is not right that [RHQ] other people-groups say [about us], “If their God [is very powerful], (surely he should help them/why does he not [help them])?” Allow us to see you punishing the people of other nations in return for their shedding our blood; they have killed many of us, your people.
Pourquoi les nations diraient-elles: Où est leur Dieu? Qu’elle soit connue parmi les nations, devant nos yeux, la vengeance du sang de tes serviteurs qui a été versé.
11 Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, and by your great power free those whom our enemies say that they will certainly execute.
Que le gémissement du prisonnier vienne devant toi; selon la grandeur de ton bras garantis ceux qui sont voués à la mort;
12 In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
Et rends à nos voisins sept fois dans leur sein l’opprobre qu’ils ont jeté sur toi, Seigneur!
13 After you do that, we, whom you [take care of like a shepherd takes care of] his sheep, will continue praising you; we will continue to praise you forever [HYP].
Mais nous, ton peuple et le troupeau de ta pâture, nous te célébrerons à toujours; de génération en génération nous raconterons ta louange.
