Psaumes 43

1 Rends-moi justice, ô Dieu, et prends en main ma cause contre un peuple sans piété; délivre-moi de gens perfides et iniques;

God, declare that I (am innocent/have not done things that are wrong). Defend me when (ungodly people/people who do not worship you) say things against me, rescue me from people who deceive and [say things about me that are] not true.

2 car tu es mon Dieu, ma forteresse. Pourquoi m’as-tu délaissé? Pourquoi marché-je, voilé de tristesse, sous l’oppression de l’ennemi?

You are God, the one who protects me; (why have you abandoned me?/it seems that you have abandoned me!) [RHQ] It does not seem right that [RHQ] I am forced to mourn/cry constantly because my enemies are cruel to me.

3 Envoie ta lumière et ta vérité: qu’elles soient mes guides, qu’elles me conduisent à ta montagne sainte, dans ta demeure!

Shine your light on me and speak your truth to me; and let them guide me, and take me back to Zion, your sacred hill [at Jerusalem], and to [your temple], where you live.

4 Je voudrais revenir auprès de l’autel de Dieu, du Dieu qui est ma joie et mon bonheur; je voudrais te louer avec la harpe, ô Dieu, mon Dieu!

When you do that, I will go to your altar, to [worship you], my God, who causes me to be extremely joyful. There I will praise you, the God whom I [worship], while I play my harp.

5 Pourquoi es-tu affaissée, mon âme? Pourquoi t’agites-tu dans mon sein? Mets ton espoir en Dieu, car j’aurai encore à le louer, lui, mon sauveur et mon Dieu!

So (why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!) [RHQ] I confidently expect God [to bless me], and I will praise him again, my God, the one who saves me.