Psaumes 10
1 Pourquoi, ô Éternel! te tiens-tu loin, te caches-tu aux temps de la détresse?
Yahweh, (why are you far away [from us]?/it seems that you are far away [from us].) [RHQ] Why do you not pay attention when we have troubles [RHQ]?
2 Le méchant, dans son orgueil, poursuit ardemment l’affligé; ils seront pris dans les trames qu’ils ont ourdies.
People who are proud gladly cause poor people to suffer. So [cause what they do to others to happen to them]! May they be caught in the [same] traps that they set to catch others [MET]!
3 Car le méchant se glorifie du désir de son âme; et il bénit l’avare, il méprise l’Éternel.
They brag about the [evil] things that they want to do. They praise people who seize from others things that do not belong to them, and they curse you, Yahweh.
4 Le méchant, dans la fierté de sa face, [dit]: Il ne s’enquerra [de rien]. – Il n’y a point de Dieu: [voilà] toutes ses pensées.
Wicked people are very proud. As a result, they do not (seek help from/are not concerned about) God; they do not even think that God exists.
5 Ses voies réussissent en tout temps; tes jugements sont trop hauts pour être devant lui; il souffle contre tous ses adversaires.
But [it seems that] they succeed in everything that they do. They do not think that they will be condemned/punished for their deeds, and they (sneer at/make fun of) their enemies.
6 Il dit en son cœur: Je ne serai pas ébranlé; de génération en génération [je ne tomberai] pas dans le malheur.
They think, “Nothing bad will happen to us! We will never have troubles!”
7 Sa bouche est pleine de malédiction, et de tromperies, et d’oppressions; il n’y a sous sa langue que trouble et que vanité.
When they talk [MTY], they are always cursing, lying, and threatening to harm others. They constantly say [MTY] evil things that show that they are ready to do cruel things to others.
8 Il se tient aux embuscades des villages; dans des lieux cachés, il tue l’innocent; ses yeux épient le malheureux.
They hide in villages, ready to (ambush/suddenly attack) and kill people who (are innocent/have done nothing wrong). They constantly search for people who will not be able to (resist/defend themselves) [when they are attacked].
9 Il se tient aux embûches dans un lieu caché, comme un lion dans son fourré; il se tient aux embûches pour enlever l’affligé; il enlève l’affligé, quand il l’a attiré dans son filet.
They are like [MET] lions that crouch down and hide, waiting to pounce on their prey. They are like hunters that catch their prey with a net and then drag it away.
10 Il se tapit, il se baisse, afin que les malheureux tombent par sa force.
Just like helpless animals are crushed, people who cannot defend themselves are killed because wicked people are very strong.
11 Il dit en son cœur: Dieu a oublié, il cache sa face, il ne verra pas, à jamais.
Wicked people say, “God will not pay any attention [to what we do]. His eyes are covered, so he never sees anything.”
12 Lève-toi, Éternel! Ô Dieu, élève ta main! n’oublie pas les affligés.
Yahweh God, arise [and help us] Punish [IDM] those wicked people! And do not forget those who are suffering!
13 Pourquoi le méchant méprise-t-il Dieu? Il dit en son cœur: Tu ne t’enquerras pas.
Wicked people revile you [RHQ] continually. They think, “God will never punish us!”
14 Tu l’as vu, car toi tu regardes la peine et le chagrin pour [les] rendre par ta main; le malheureux s’abandonne à toi, tu es le secours de l’orphelin.
But you see the trouble and the distress [that they cause]. People who are suffering expect that you will help them; and you help orphans, [also].
15 Casse le bras du méchant, et recherche l’iniquité du méchant jusqu’à ce que tu n’en trouves plus.
(Break the arms/Destroy the power) of wicked [DOU] people! Continue to pursue and punish them for the wicked things that they do, until they stop doing those things.
16 L’Éternel est roi à toujours et à perpétuité; les nations ont péri de dessus sa terre.
Yahweh, you are our king forever, but [wicked] nations will disappear from the earth.
17 Éternel! tu as exaucé le désir des débonnaires, tu as établi leur cœur; tu as prêté l’oreille,
You have listened to afflicted/suffering people when they cry out to you. You hear them [when they pray], and you encourage [IDM] them.
18 Pour faire droit à l’orphelin et à l’opprimé, afin que l’homme qui est de la terre n’effraie plus.
You show that orphans and oppressed people have not done things that are wrong, with the result that human beings will not cause people to be terrified any more.
