Psaumes 74
1 Pour instruire. D’Asaph. Pourquoi, ô Dieu, [nous] as-tu rejetés pour toujours, [et] ta colère fume-t-elle contre le troupeau de ta pâture?
God, why have you abandoned/rejected us? Will you keep rejecting us forever [RHQ]? Why are you angry with us, since we are like sheep in your pasture [and you are like our shepherd]? [MET, RHQ]
2 Souviens-toi de ton assemblée, que tu as acquise autrefois, que tu as rachetée pour être la portion de ton héritage, – de la montagne de Sion, où tu as habité.
Do not forget your people whom you chose long ago, the people whom you freed [from being slaves in Egypt] and caused to become your tribe. Do not forget Jerusalem, which was (your home/where you dwelt) [on this earth].
3 Élève tes pas vers les ruines perpétuelles; l’ennemi a tout saccagé dans le lieu saint.
Walk along [and see] where everything has been totally ruined; our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple.
4 Tes adversaires rugissent au milieu des lieux assignés pour ton service; ils ont mis leurs signes pour signes.
Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place; they erected their banners [to show they had defeated us].
5 Un homme se faisait connaître quand il élevait la hache dans l’épaisseur de la forêt;
They cut down all the [engraved objects in the temple] like woodsmen cut down trees.
6 Et maintenant, avec des cognées et des marteaux, ils brisent ses sculptures toutes ensemble.
Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers.
7 Ils ont mis le feu à ton sanctuaire, ils ont profané par terre la demeure de ton nom;
[Then] they burned your temple to the ground; they caused that place where you were worshiped to be unfit for people to worship in.
8 Ils ont dit en leur cœur: Détruisons-les tous ensemble. Ils ont brûlé tous les lieux assignés [pour le service] de Dieu dans le pays.
They said to themselves, “We will destroy the Israelis completely,” and they [also] burned down all the other places where we gathered to worship God.
9 Nous ne voyons plus nos signes; il n’y a plus de prophète, et il n’y a personne avec nous qui sache jusques à quand.
All our sacred symbols (OR, miracles) are gone; there are no prophets now/any more, and no one knows how long [this situation will continue].
10 Jusques à quand, ô Dieu! l’adversaire dira-t-il des outrages? L’ennemi méprisera-t-il ton nom à jamais?
God, how long will our enemies make fun of you [RHQ]? Will they insult you [MTY] forever [RHQ]?
11 Pourquoi détournes-tu ta main, et ta droite? [Tire-la] de ton sein: détruis!
Why do you refuse to help [MTY, RHQ] us? Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak [instead of using it to destroy our enemies] [RHQ]?
12 Et Dieu est d’ancienneté mon roi, opérant des délivrances au milieu de la terre.
God, you have been our king [all the time] since we came out of Egypt [HYP], and you have enabled us to defeat [our enemies] in the land [of Israel].
13 Tu as fendu la mer par ta puissance, tu as brisé les têtes des monstres sur les eaux;
By your power you caused the [Red] Sea to divide; [it was as though] you smashed the heads of the [rulers of Egypt who were like] huge sea dragons [MET].
14 Tu as écrasé les têtes du léviathan, tu l’as donné pour pâture au peuple, – aux bêtes du désert.
[It was as though] you crushed the head of the king of Egypt [MET] and gave his body to the animals in the desert to eat.
15 Tu as fait sortir la source et le torrent; tu as séché les grosses rivières.
You caused springs and streams to flow, and you [also] dried up rivers that had never dried up previously.
16 À toi est le jour, à toi aussi la nuit; toi tu as établi la lune et le soleil.
You created the days and the nights, and you put the sun and the moon in their places.
17 Tu as posé toutes les bornes de la terre; l’été et l’hiver, c’est toi qui les as formés.
You determined where the oceans end and the land begins, and you created the summer/hot season and the winter/cold season.
18 Souviens-toi de ceci, que l’ennemi a outragé l’Éternel! et qu’un peuple insensé a méprisé ton nom.
Yahweh, do not forget that your enemies laugh at you, and that it is foolish people who despise you [MTY].
19 Ne livre pas à la bête sauvage l’âme de ta tourterelle; n’oublie pas à jamais la troupe de tes affligés.
Do not let your helpless people [MET] fall into the hands of their cruel enemies; do not forget your suffering/persecuted people.
20 Regarde à l’alliance! Car les lieux ténébreux de la terre sont pleins d’habitations de violence.
Do not forget the agreement that you made with us; remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth.
21 Que l’opprimé ne s’en retourne pas confus; que l’affligé et le pauvre louent ton nom.
Do not allow your oppressed people to be disgraced; help those poor and needy people in order that they will [again] praise you [MTY].
22 Lève-toi, ô Dieu! plaide ta cause, souviens-toi des outrages que te fait tous les jours l’insensé.
God, arise and defend yourself [by defending your people]! Do not forget that foolish people laugh at you (all day long/continually)!
23 N’oublie pas la voix de tes adversaires: le tumulte de ceux qui s’élèvent contre toi monte continuellement.
Do not forget that your enemies shout angrily [at you]; the uproar that they make [while they oppose you] never stops.
