Psaumes 108
1 Cantique. Psaume de David. Mon cœur reste ferme, ô Dieu! Je puis chanter, célébrer tes louanges; c’est là mon honneur.
God, I am (very confident/trusting completely) [IDM] in you. I will sing to praise [you]. with all my inner being.
2 Réveillez-vous, ô luth et harpe! Je veux réveiller l’aurore.
I will arise before the sun rises, and I will [praise you while I play] my [big] harp and my (lyre/small harp).
3 Je te louerai parmi les nations, ô Seigneur, je te chanterai parmi les peuples.
[I prayed], “Yahweh, I will thank you among [all] the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations,
4 Car ta grâce s’élève par-dessus les cieux, et ta bonté atteint jusqu’au firmament.
because your faithful love for us reaches up to the heavens, and your faithfully doing what you promise [is as great as the distance] up to the clouds.
5 Montre ta grandeur, ô Dieu, qui dépasse les cieux; que ta gloire brille sur toute la terre!
Yahweh, [show] in the heavens that you are very great! And [show] your glory [to people] all over the earth!
6 Afin que tes bien-aimés échappent au danger, secours-nous avec ta droite, et exauce-moi!
Answer our [prayers] and by your power help us [MTY] [to defeat our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, may be saved/rescued.”
7 L’Eternel l’a annoncé en son sanctuaire: "Je triompherai, je veux m’adjuger Sichem, mesurer au cordeau la vallée de Souccot.
And [Yahweh answered our prayers and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will joyfully [everything in] [city] and I will distribute among my people [the valuable things] in Succoth Valley.
8 A moi Galaad! à moi Manassé! Ephraïm est la puissante sauvegarde de ma tête, Juda est mon sceptre.
The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my war helmet, and [the tribe of Judah] is like the (scepter/stick that I hold which shows that I am the ruler) [MET];
9 Moab est le bassin où je me lave; sur Edom, je jette ma sandale, je triomphe du pays des Philistins."
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].”
10 Qui me conduira à la ville forte? Qui saura me mener jusqu’à Edom?
[Because we want to attack 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]
11 Ne sera-ce pas toi, ô Dieu, toi qui nous avais délaissés, qui ne faisais plus campagne avec nos armées?
God, we [hope that] [RHQ] you have not abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our army marches out [to fight our enemies].
12 Prête-nous secours contre l’adversaire, puisque trompeuse est l’aide de l’homme.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
13 Avec Dieu, nous ferons des prouesses: c’est lui qui écrasera nos ennemis.
[But] with you [helping us], we shall win; you will [enable us to] defeat our enemies.
