Psalms 80
1 [Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.
Au chef des chantres. Sur les Chochanim, Edouth. Psaume d’Assaph. Pasteur d’Israël, prête l’oreille, toi qui mènes Joseph comme un troupeau! Révèle-toi dans ta splendeur, toi qui trônes sur les Chérubins!
2 Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
Aux regards d’Ephraïm, Benjamin et Manassé, déploie ta puissance, et marche à notre secours!
3 God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]
O Dieu, régénère-nous, fais luire ta face et nous serons sauvés!
4 Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot! Jusques à quand accueilleras-tu avec colère la prière de ton peuple?
5 [It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
Tu leur fais manger un pain trempé de pleurs, tu les abreuves d’un déluge de larmes.
6 You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.
Tu fais de nous un brandon de discorde pour nos voisins, et nos ennemis se livrent à leurs moqueries.
7 God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!
O Dieu-Cebaot, régénère-nous, fais luire ta face et nous serons sauvés!
8 [Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.
Tu as fait émigrer une vigne de l’Egypte, et expulsé des nations pour la replanter.
9 [Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].
Tu as fait place nette devant elle; aussi elle jeta de profondes racines, et s’étendit sur le pays.
10 [Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
Les montagnes furent couvertes de son ombrage, ses branches égalèrent les cèdres de Dieu.
11 [your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
Elle poussa ses sarments jusqu’à la mer, jusqu’au Fleuve ses rejetons.
12 So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,
Pourquoi as-tu démoli ses clôtures, si bien que tous les passants la dépouillent,
13 and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
que le sanglier de la forêt la mutile, et qu’elle sert de pâture à ce qui se meut dans les champs?
14 You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,
O Dieu-Cébaot! Reviens de grâce! Du haut du Ciel regarde et vois; prends sous ta protection cette vigne,
15 who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
ces ceps que ta droite a mis en terre, cette plantation que tu avais voulue si vigoureuse.
16 Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
La voilà consumée par le feu, mise en pièces: sous la colère menaçante de ta face, tout périt!
17 But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
Oh! que ta protection s’étende sur l’homme élu par ta droite, sur le fils de l’homme que tu avais rendu fort en ton honneur!
18 When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.
Nous ne nous éloignerons plus de toi: ranime notre vie, et nous invoquerons ton nom.
19 Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
O Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot, régénère-nous, fais luire ta face et nous serons sauvés!
