Psaumes 79
1 Psaume d’Assaph. O Dieu, des païens ont envahi ton héritage, souillé ton temple saint, réduit Jérusalem en un monceau de décombres.
God, other people-groups have invaded your land. They have (desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship), and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem.
2 Ils ont livré le cadavre de tes serviteurs en pâture aux oiseaux du ciel, la chair de tes pieux adorateurs aux bêtes des champs.
[Instead of burying] the corpses of your people [whom they killed], they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses,
3 Leur sang, ils l’ont répandu comme l’eau autour de Jérusalem; personne ne leur donne la sépulture.
When they killed your people, your people’s blood flowed like water through [the streets of] Jerusalem, and there was [almost] no one [HYP] left to bury their corpses.
4 Nous sommes devenus un objet d’opprobre pour nos voisins, la risée et la fable de ceux qui nous entourent.
The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
5 Jusqu’à quand, ô Eternel, seras-tu obstinément irrité, ta rancune sera-t-elle brûlante comme le feu?
Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your being angry [destroy us like] a burning fire [destroys things]?
6 Répands ta colère sur les peuples qui ne te connaissent point, sur les empires qui n’invoquent pas ton nom!
[Instead of being angry with us], be angry with the people-groups that do not know/worship you! Be angry with kingdoms whose people do not pray to you,
7 Car ils ont dévoré Jacob et fait une ruine de sa demeure.
because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
8 Ne nous impute point les fautes du passé; que ta pitié vienne promptement à nous: car nous sommes tombés bien bas.
Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
9 Viens à notre secours, Dieu de notre salut, par égard pour l’honneur de ton nom: à cause de ton nom, délivre-nous, pardonne nos péchés.
God, you have saved/rescued [us many times], [so] help us [now]; rescue us and forgive us for having sinned in order that other people will honor you [MTY].
10 Pourquoi les peuples diraient-ils: "Où est leur Dieu?" Puisse sous nos yeux éclater, parmi les peuples, la vengeance qu’appelle le sang de tes serviteurs versé par eux!
It is not right that [RHQ] other people-groups say [about us], “If their God [is very powerful], (surely he should help them/why does he not [help them])?” Allow us to see you punishing the people of other nations in return for their shedding our blood; they have killed many of us, your people.
11 Puissent les soupirs des captifs monter vers toi! Par la puissance de tes bras, veille au salut de ceux qui sont voués à la mort.
Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, and by your great power free those whom our enemies say that they will certainly execute.
12 Fais retomber sept fois sur la tête de nos voisins la peine des outrages qu’ils ont dirigés contre toi, ô Seigneur!
In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
13 Et nous, ton peuple, les brebis de ton pâturage, nous te rendrons grâce à jamais, d’âge en âge nous proclamerons tes louanges.
After you do that, we, whom you [take care of like a shepherd takes care of] his sheep, will continue praising you; we will continue to praise you forever [HYP].
