Psaumes 99
1 L’Eternel règne: les nations tremblent; il siège sur les Chérubins: la terre vacille.
Yahweh is the [supreme] king, so [all] the people-groups should tremble ([in his presence/in front of him])! He sits on his throne [in the temple] above the [statues of] winged creatures, [so] the earth should quake/shake!
2 L’Eternel est grand dans Sion, élevé bien au-dessus de toutes les nations.
Yahweh is a mighty [king] in Jerusalem; [but] he is [also] the supreme ruler of all people-groups.
3 Qu’on rende hommage à ton nom grand et redoutable: il est saint!
[So] they should praise him because he is very great/powerful; and he is holy!
4 La force du roi, c’est l’amour de la justice. C’Est toi qui as fondé solidement l’équité, exercé le droit et la justice dans Jacob.
He is a mighty king who (loves/is pleased with) what is just/right; he has acted justly and fairly [DOU] in Israel.
5 Exaltez l’Eternel, notre Dieu, prosternez-vous devant l’escabeau de ses pieds: il est saint!
Praise Yahweh our God! Worship him [in front of the Sacred Chest in his temple] [MTY], where he rules people. He is holy!
6 Moïse et Aaron étaient parmi ses prêtres, Samuel parmi ceux qui invoquaient son nom: ils criaient vers l’Eternel et il leur répondait.
Moses and Aaron were two of his priests; Samuel also was someone who prayed to him. Those [three] cried out to Yahweh [to help them], and he answered them.
7 Dans une colonne de nuée il leur parlait; ils demeuraient fidèles à ses statuts, aux lois qu’il leur avait données.
He spoke to Moses and Aaron from the cloud [that was like a huge] pillar; they obeyed [all] the laws and commandments [DOU] that he gave to them.
8 Eternel, notre Dieu, tu les exauçais; tu étais pour eux un Dieu enclin au pardon, mais exerçant des représailles pour leurs fautes.
Yahweh, our God, you answered [your people] [when they cried out to you to help them]; you are a God who forgave them [for those sins that they had committed], even though you punished them for the things that they did that are wrong.
9 Exaltez l’Eternel, notre Dieu, prosternez-vous sur sa montagne sainte, car il est saint, l’Eternel, notre Dieu.
Praise Yahweh, our God, and worship him [at the temple] on his sacred hill; [it is right to do that] because Yahweh, our God, is holy!
