Psaumes 57
1 Au chef de musique. Al-Tashkheth. De David. Mictam; quand il fuyait devant Saül, dans la caverne. Use de grâce envers moi, ô Dieu! use de grâce envers moi; car en toi mon âme se réfugie, et sous l’ombre de tes ailes je me réfugie, jusqu’à ce que les calamités soient passées.
God, be merciful to me! Act mercifully toward me because I come to you to protect me. I ask you to protect me [like little birds are protected under their mother’s] wings [MET] until the storm/danger is ended.
2 Je crierai au Dieu Très-haut, à Dieu qui mène [tout] à bonne fin pour moi.
God, you who are greater than all other gods, I cry out to you, the one who enables me to do all that you desire.
3 Il a envoyé des cieux, et m’a sauvé; il a couvert de honte celui qui veut m’engloutir. (Sélah) Dieu a envoyé sa bonté et sa vérité.
You will answer me from heaven and rescue me, but you will cause those who oppress me to be [defeated and] disgraced! (Think about that!) God will [always] faithfully love me and (will be faithful/will do what he promises).
4 Mon âme est au milieu de lions; je suis couché parmi ceux qui soufflent des flammes, – les fils des hommes, dont les dents sont des lances et des flèches, et la langue une épée aiguë.
[Sometimes] I am surrounded by [my enemies who are like] lions that [kill] humans; [they are like] lions that chew with their teeth [animals that they kill]; but my enemies have spears and arrows, not teeth; and [the false things that] they say [MTY] [hurt people as much as] sharp swords [hurt people] [MET].
5 Élève-toi, ô Dieu! au-dessus des cieux; que ta gloire soit au-dessus de toute la terre!
God, show in the heavens that you are very great! And show your glory to people all over the earth!
6 Ils ont préparé un filet pour mes pas, mon âme se courbait; ils ont creusé devant moi une fosse, ils sont tombés dedans. (Sélah)
[It is as if] [MET, HYP] my enemies spread a net to seize me, and I became very distressed [IDM]. [It is as if] [MET, HYP] they dug a deep pit along the path where I walk, but they themselves fell into it!
7 Mon cœur est affermi, ô Dieu! mon cœur est affermi; je chanterai et je psalmodierai.
God, I have complete confidence [DOU] in you. I will sing to you, and I will praise you while I sing.
8 Éveille-toi, mon âme! Éveillez-vous, luth et harpe! Je m’éveillerai à l’aube du jour.
I will awaken myself; I will arise before the sun rises and [praise you while I play] my harp or my (lyre/small harp).
9 Je te célébrerai parmi les peuples, ô Seigneur! je chanterai tes louanges parmi les peuplades;
Lord, I will thank you among [all] the people; and I will sing to praise you among [many] ethnic groups,
10 Car ta bonté est grande jusqu’aux cieux, et ta vérité jusqu’aux nues.
because your faithful love for us is [as great as the distance from the earth] to the sky, and because your (faithfulness/faithfully doing what you promise) is [as great as the distance] up to the clouds [MET].
11 Élève-toi, ô Dieu! au-dessus des cieux; que ta gloire soit au-dessus de toute la terre!
God, show in the heavens that you are very great! And show your glory [to people] all over the earth!
