Psaumes 80
1 Au chef de musique. Sur Shoshannim. Témoignage d’Asaph. Psaume. Berger d’Israël! prête l’oreille. Toi qui mènes Joseph comme un troupeau, toi qui es assis entre les chérubins, fais luire ta splendeur!
[Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.
2 Devant Éphraïm, et Benjamin, et Manassé, réveille ta puissance, et viens nous sauver!
Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
3 Ô Dieu! ramène-nous; et fais luire ta face, et nous serons sauvés.
God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]
4 Éternel, Dieu des armées! jusques à quand ta colère fumera-t-elle contre la prière de ton peuple?
Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
5 Tu leur as fait manger un pain de larmes, et tu les as abreuvés de larmes à pleine mesure.
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
6 Tu as fait de nous un sujet de contestation pour nos voisins, et nos ennemis se moquent [de nous] entre eux.
You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.
7 Ô Dieu des armées! ramène-nous; et fais luire ta face, et nous serons sauvés.
God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!
8 Tu as transporté d’Égypte un cep; tu as chassé les nations, et tu l’as planté;
[Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.
9 Tu as préparé une place devant lui, il a poussé des racines, et a rempli le pays.
[Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].
10 Les montagnes étaient couvertes de son ombre, et ses sarments étaient [comme] des cèdres de Dieu;
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
11 Il étendait ses pampres jusqu’à la mer, et ses pousses jusqu’au fleuve.
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
12 Pourquoi as-tu rompu ses clôtures, de sorte que tous ceux qui passent le pillent?
So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,
13 Le sanglier de la forêt le déchire, et les bêtes des champs le broutent.
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
14 Ô Dieu des armées! retourne, je te prie; regarde des cieux, et vois, et visite ce cep,
You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,
15 Et la plante que ta droite a plantée, et le provin que tu avais fortifié pour toi.
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
16 Elle est brûlée par le feu, elle est coupée; ils périssent, parce que tu les tances.
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
17 Que ta main soit sur l’homme de ta droite, sur le fils de l’homme que tu as fortifié pour toi:
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
18 Et nous ne nous retirerons pas de toi. Fais-nous revivre, et nous invoquerons ton nom.
When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.
19 Éternel, Dieu des armées! ramène-nous; fais luire ta face, et nous serons sauvés.
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
