Psaumes 60
1 Au chef de musique. Sur Shushan. Témoignage. Mictam. De David; pour enseigner; quand il fit la guerre contre les Syriens de Naharaïm, et contre les Syriens de Tsoba, et que Joab revint et frappa les Édomites dans la vallée du Sel, au nombre de 12 000. Ô Dieu! tu nous as rejetés, tu nous as dispersés, tu t’es irrité; ramène-nous.
[I prayed], “God, you have rejected us [Israelis]! Because you have been angry [with us], you have [enabled our enemies] to break through our ranks. [Please] enable us to be strong again!
2 Tu as fait trembler la terre, tu l’as fendue: répare ses brèches, car elle chancelle.
[When we were defeated, it was as though] [MET] there was a big earthquake in our land that caused the ground to split open. So now, [just as only you can] cause the cracks in the land to disappear, [help our army to be strong again], because [it is as though] our country is (falling apart/being destroyed).
3 Tu as fait voir à ton peuple des choses dures; tu nous as donné à boire un vin d’étourdissement.
You have caused [us], your people, to suffer very much; [it is as though] you forced us to drink [strong] wine that caused us to stagger around [after we became drunk].
4 Tu as donné une bannière à ceux qui te craignent, pour la déployer à cause de la vérité, (Sélah)
But you have raised a battle flag for those who revere you in order that they can gather around it and not [be killed by the enemies’] arrows.
5 Afin que tes bien-aimés soient délivrés. Sauve par ta droite, et réponds-moi!
Answer our [prayers] and enable us by your power [MTY] to defeat [our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.”
6 Dieu a parlé dans sa sainteté: je me réjouirai; je partagerai Sichem et je mesurerai la vallée de Succoth.
[Then] God [answered my prayer and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will divide up [everything in] Shechem [city], and I will distribute it among my people [the land in] Succoth Valley.
7 Galaad est à moi, et Manassé est à moi, et Éphraïm est la force de ma tête; Juda est mon législateur;
The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my helmet [MET]; and [the tribe of] Judah is [like] the (scepter/stick [that I hold which shows that I am the ruler]) [MET];
8 Moab est le bassin où je me lave; sur Édom j’ai jeté ma sandale. Philistie, pousse des cris de triomphe à mon sujet!
but the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”
9 Qui me conduira dans la ville forte? Qui me mènera jusqu’en Édom?
[Because I want to defeat the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.)” [RHQ]
10 Ne sera-ce pas toi, ô Dieu, qui nous as rejetés, et qui n’es pas sorti, ô Dieu, avec nos armées?
So, God, we [desire/hope that] [RHQ] you have not truly abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our armies march out [to fight our enemies].
11 Donne-nous du secours pour sortir de détresse; car la délivrance qui vient de l’homme est vaine.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
12 Par Dieu nous ferons des actes de valeur, et c’est lui qui foulera nos adversaires.
But with you [helping us], we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies.
