Psaumes 99

1 Yahweh est roi: les peuples tremblent; il est assis sur les Chérubins; la terre chancelle.

Yahweh reigns; let the nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the cherubim; the earth quakes.

2 Yahweh est grand dans Sion, il est élevé au dessus de tous les peuples.

Yahweh is great in Zion; he is exalted above all the nations.

3 Qu’on célèbre ton nom grand et redoutable! — Il est saint!

Let them praise your great and awesome name; he is holy.

4 Qu’on célèbre la puissance du Roi qui aime la justice! Tu affermis la droiture, tu exerces en Jacob la justice et l’équité.

The king is strong, and he loves justice. You have established fairness; you have done righteousness and justice in Jacob.

5 Exaltez Yahweh, notre Dieu, et prosternez-vous devant l’escabeau de ses pieds. — Il est saint!

Praise Yahweh our God and worship at his footstool. He is holy.

6 Moïse et Aaron étaient parmi ses prêtres, et Samuel parmi ceux qui invoquaient son nom. Ils invoquaient Yahweh, et il les exauçait,

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, and Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called to Yahweh, and he answered them.

7 il leur parlait dans la colonne de nuée. Ils observaient ses commandements, et la loi qu’il leur avait donnée.

He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud. They kept his solemn commands and the statutes that he gave them.

8 Yahweh, notre Dieu, tu les exauças, tu fus pour eux un Dieu clément, et tu les punis de leurs fautes.

You answered them, Yahweh our God. A forgiving God you were to them, but one who punished their sinful deeds.

9 Exaltez Yahweh, notre Dieu, et prosternez-vous devant sa montagne sainte, car il est saint, Yahweh notre Dieu!

Praise Yahweh our God, and worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh our God is holy.