Psaumes 108
1 Une chanson. Un psaume de David. Mon cœur est inébranlable, Dieu. Je chanterai et je ferai de la musique avec mon âme.
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Réveillez-vous, harpe et lyre! Je vais réveiller l'aube.
I will arise before the sun rises, and I will [praise you while I play] my [big] harp and my (lyre/small harp).
3 Je te louerai, Yahvé, parmi les nations. Je chanterai tes louanges parmi les peuples.
[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
4 Car ta bonté est grande au-dessus des cieux. Votre fidélité s'étend jusqu'aux cieux.
because your faithful love for us reaches up to the heavens, and your faithfully doing what you promise [is as great as the distance] up to the clouds.
5 Sois exalté, Dieu, au-dessus des cieux! Que ta gloire soit sur toute la terre.
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 Pour que ton bien-aimé soit délivré, sauve de ta main droite, et réponds-nous.
Answer our [prayers] and by your power help us [MTY] [to defeat our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, may be saved/rescued.”
7 Dieu a parlé depuis son sanctuaire: « En triomphe, Je diviserai Sichem, et je mesurerai la vallée de Succoth.
And [Yahweh answered our prayers and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will joyfully [everything in] [city] and I will distribute among my people [the valuable things] in Succoth Valley.
8 Galaad est à moi. Manassé est à moi. Ephraïm aussi est mon casque. Juda est mon sceptre.
The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my war helmet, and [the tribe of Judah] is like the (scepter/stick that I hold which shows that I am the ruler) [MET];
9 Moab est mon pot de lavage. Je jetterai ma sandale sur Edom. Je crierai sur la Philistie. »
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].”
10 Qui me fera entrer dans la ville fortifiée? Qui me conduira à Edom?
[Because we want to attack 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]
11 Ne nous as-tu pas rejetés, Dieu? Tu ne sors pas, Dieu, avec nos armées.
God, we [hope that] [RHQ] you have not abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our army marches out [to fight our enemies].
12 Donne-nous du secours contre l'ennemi, car l'aide de l'homme est vaine.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
13 Par Dieu, nousferons preuve de courage, car c'est lui qui écrasera nos ennemis.
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
