Psaumes 80
1 Au chef des chantres. Sur les Chochanim, Edouth. Psaume d’Assaph. Pasteur d’Israël, prête l’oreille, toi qui mènes Joseph comme un troupeau! Révèle-toi dans ta splendeur, toi qui trônes sur les Chérubins!
[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 Aux regards d’Ephraïm, Benjamin et Manassé, déploie ta puissance, et marche à notre secours!
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 O Dieu, régénère-nous, 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 Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot! Jusques à quand accueilleras-tu avec colère 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 fais manger un pain trempé de pleurs, tu les abreuves d’un déluge de larmes.
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
6 Tu fais de nous un brandon de discorde pour nos voisins, et nos ennemis se livrent à leurs moqueries.
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 O Dieu-Cebaot, régénère-nous, 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 fait émigrer une vigne de l’Egypte, et expulsé des nations pour la replanter.
[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 fait place nette devant elle; aussi elle jeta de profondes racines, et s’étendit sur 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 furent couvertes de son ombrage, ses branches égalèrent les cèdres de Dieu.
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
11 Elle poussa ses sarments jusqu’à la mer, jusqu’au Fleuve ses rejetons.
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
12 Pourquoi as-tu démoli ses clôtures, si bien que tous les passants la dépouillent,
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 que le sanglier de la forêt la mutile, et qu’elle sert de pâture à ce qui se meut dans les champs?
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
14 O Dieu-Cébaot! Reviens de grâce! Du haut du Ciel regarde et vois; prends sous ta protection cette vigne,
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 ces ceps que ta droite a mis en terre, cette plantation que tu avais voulue si vigoureuse.
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
16 La voilà consumée par le feu, mise en pièces: sous la colère menaçante de ta face, tout périt!
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
17 Oh! que ta protection s’étende sur l’homme élu par ta droite, sur le fils de l’homme que tu avais rendu fort en ton honneur!
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
18 Nous ne nous éloignerons plus de toi: ranime notre vie, 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 O Eternel, Dieu-Cebaot, régénère-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]!
