Psaumes 99

1 Yahvé règne! Que les peuples tremblent. Il est assis sur un trône parmi les chérubins. Que la terre s'émeuve.

The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

2 Yahvé est grand en Sion. Il est élevé au-dessus de tous les peuples.

The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations.

3 Qu'ils louent ton nom grand et redoutable. Il est saint!

Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and to be feared; holy is he.

4 La force du roi aime aussi la justice. Vous établissez l'équité. Tu exécutes la justice et la droiture en Jacob.

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

5 Exaltez Yahvé notre Dieu. Se prosterner devant son marchepied. Il est saint!

Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he.

6 Moïse et Aaron étaient parmi ses prêtres, Samuel était parmi ceux qui invoquent son nom. Ils invoquèrent Yahvé, et il leur répondit.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who gave honour to his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and he gave answers to them.

7 Il leur parla dans la colonne de nuée. Ils ont gardé ses témoignages, le statut qu'il leur a donné.

His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his witness, and the law which he gave them.

8 Tu leur as répondu: Yahvé, notre Dieu. Tu es un Dieu qui leur a pardonné, bien que vous vous soyez vengé de leurs actes.

You gave them an answer, O Lord our God; you took away their sin, though you gave them punishment for their wrongdoing.

9 Exaltez Yahvé, notre Dieu. Vénérer sur sa colline sacrée, car Yahvé, notre Dieu, est saint!

Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with your faces turned to his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.