Psaumes 121

1 Cantique des degrés. J’élève mes yeux vers les montagnes d’où vient mon secours;

[When we travel toward Jerusalem], I look up toward the hills [and I ask myself], “Who will help me?”

2 Mon secours [vient] d’auprès de l’Éternel, qui a fait les cieux et la terre.

[And my answer is] that Yahweh is the one who helps me; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.

3 Il ne permettra point que ton pied soit ébranlé; celui qui te garde ne sommeillera pas.

He will not allow us to fall/stumble; God, who protects us, will not fall asleep.

4 Voici, celui qui garde Israël ne sommeillera pas, et ne dormira pas.

The one who protects us Israeli people never gets sleepy, nor does he sleep [LIT].

5 L’Éternel est celui qui te garde; l’Éternel est ton ombre, à ta main droite.

Yahweh watches over us; he is like the shade [MET] [that protects us from the sun].

6 Le soleil ne te frappera pas de jour, ni la lune de nuit.

[He will not allow] the sun to harm us during the day, and [he will not allow] the moon to harm us during the night.

7 L’Éternel te gardera de tout mal; il gardera ton âme.

Yahweh will protect us from being harmed in any manner; he will keep us safe.

8 L’Éternel gardera ta sortie et ton entrée, dès maintenant et à toujours.

He will protect us from the time that we leave [our houses in the morning] until we return [in the evening]; he will protect us now, and he will protect us forever.