Psaumes 68
1 Pour le chef musicien. Un psaume de David. Une chanson. Que Dieu se lève! Que ses ennemis soient dispersés! Que ceux qui le haïssent fuient aussi devant lui.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Comme la fumée est chassée, donc les chasser. Comme la cire fond devant le feu, Ainsi, que les méchants périssent devant la présence de Dieu.
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
3 Mais que les justes se réjouissent. Qu'ils se réjouissent devant Dieu. Oui, qu'ils se réjouissent avec allégresse.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 Chantez à Dieu! Chantez les louanges de son nom! Exaltez celui qui monte sur les nuages: à Yah, son nom! Réjouissez-vous devant lui!
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
5 Un père pour les orphelins, un défenseur des veuves, est Dieu dans sa demeure sainte.
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
6 Dieu place les solitaires dans les familles. Il fait sortir les prisonniers en chantant, mais les rebelles habitent une terre brûlée par le soleil.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
7 Dieu, quand tu es sorti devant ton peuple, quand tu marchais dans le désert... (Selah)
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 La terre a tremblé. Le ciel a également déversé de la pluie en présence du Dieu du Sinaï... en présence de Dieu, le Dieu d'Israël.
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
9 Toi, Dieu, tu as envoyé une pluie abondante. Tu as confirmé ton héritage quand il était fatigué.
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
10 Ta congrégation y a vécu. Toi, Dieu, tu as préparé ta bonté pour les pauvres.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Le Seigneur annonça la parole. Ceux qui le proclament sont une grande entreprise.
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 « Les rois des armées fuient! Ils fuient! » Celle qui attend à la maison partage le butin,
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
13 pendant que vous dormez parmi les feux de camp, les ailes d'une colombe gainées d'argent, ses plumes avec de l'or brillant.
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
14 Quand le Tout-Puissant dispersa en elle les rois, il a neigé sur Zalmon.
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
15 Les montagnes de Bashan sont des montagnes majestueuses. Les montagnes de Bashan sont accidentées.
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Pourquoi regardez-vous avec envie, montagnes escarpées? à la montagne où Dieu choisit de régner? Oui, Yahvé y habitera pour toujours.
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
17 Les chars de Dieu sont des dizaines de milliers et des milliers de milliers. Le Seigneur est au milieu d'eux, depuis le Sinaï, dans le sanctuaire.
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
18 Tu es monté sur les hauteurs. Vous avez emmené des captifs. Vous avez reçu des dons parmi les gens, oui, parmi les rebelles aussi, afin que Yah Dieu y habite.
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
19 Béni soit le Seigneur, qui porte chaque jour nos fardeaux, le Dieu qui est notre salut. (Selah)
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Dieu est pour nous un Dieu de délivrance. C'est à Yahvé, le Seigneur, qu'il appartient d'échapper à la mort.
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
21 Mais Dieu frappera la tête de ses ennemis, le cuir chevelu poilu de celui qui persiste dans sa culpabilité.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 L'Éternel dit: « Je te ferai revenir de Basan, Je te ramènerai des profondeurs de la mer,
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
23 pour les écraser, en trempant ton pied dans le sang, pour que les langues de tes chiens aient leur part de tes ennemis. »
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
24 Ils ont vu tes processions, Dieu, même les processions de mon Dieu, mon Roi, dans le sanctuaire.
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
25 Les chanteurs marchaient devant, les ménestrels suivaient, parmi les dames jouant avec des tambourins,
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
26 « Bénissez Dieu dans les congrégations, le Seigneur dans l'assemblée d'Israël! »
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Il y a le petit Benjamin, leur chef, les princes de Juda, leur conseil, les princes de Zabulon, et les princes de Nephtali.
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
28 Ton Dieu a ordonné ta force. Fortifie, Dieu, ce que tu as fait pour nous.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 A cause de ton temple à Jérusalem, les rois vous apporteront des présents.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Réprimandez l'animal sauvage des roseaux, la multitude des taureaux avec les veaux des peuples. Piétinez les barres d'argent. Dispersez les nations qui prennent plaisir à la guerre.
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
31 Des princes sortiront d'Égypte. L'Éthiopie s'empressera de tendre ses mains vers Dieu.
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
32 Chantez à Dieu, royaumes de la terre! Chantez les louanges du Seigneur- (Selah)
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 à celui qui monte sur le ciel des cieux, qui sont vieux; voici qu'il fait entendre sa voix, une voix puissante.
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
34 Attribuez la force à Dieu! Son excellence est sur Israël, sa force est dans les cieux.
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
35 Tu es grandiose, Dieu, dans tes sanctuaires. Le Dieu d'Israël donne force et puissance à son peuple. Loué soit Dieu!
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
