Psaumes 138
1 De David. Seigneur, je te rendrai gloire de toute mon âme, et je te chanterai mes psaumes devant les anges, parce que tu as écouté les paroles de ma bouche.
Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being. I sing to praise you in front of [the idols of false] gods [to ridicule/belittle them].
2 Je t'adorerai en ton saint temple, et je rendrai gloire à ton nom, à cause de ta miséricorde et de ta vérité; car tu as exalté ton saint nom au- dessus de toutes choses.
I bow down while I look towards your sacred temple, and I thank you [MTY] because you faithfully love [us] and faithfully do all that you have promised. You have shown that both you [MTY] and what you have promised to do are greater than anything else.
3 En quelque jour que je t'invoque, aussitôt exauce-moi; et tu agrandiras mon âme par ta force.
On the day when I called out to you, you answered me; you enabled me to be strong and brave.
4 Seigneur, que tous les rois de la terre te rendent gloire; car ils ont ouï toutes les paroles de ta bouche.
Yahweh, [some day] all the kings of this earth will praise you, because they will have heard what you have said.
5 Et qu'ils chantent dans les voies du Seigneur; car la gloire du Seigneur est grande.
They will sing about what you have done; they will sing and say that you are very great.
6 Car le Seigneur, quoique très élevé, regarde les humbles, et reconnaît de loin les superbes.
Yahweh, you are supreme, but you take care of people [who are considered to be] unimportant. And you know what proud people [are doing], even though they are far away [from you and think that you do not see them].
7 Si je marche au milieu des tribulations, tu me vivifieras; tu as étendu les mains contre la fureur de mes ennemis, et ta droite m'a sauvé.
When I am in the midst of [many] troubles/difficulties, you save/rescue me. With your hand/power [MTY] you rescue me from my enemies who are angry at me.
8 Le Seigneur les rétribuera en ma faveur; Seigneur, ta miséricorde est éternelle: ne méprise pas l'œuvre de tes mains.
Yahweh, you will do for me everything that you promised; you faithfully love [us] forever. Finish what you started to do [for us, your Israeli people.]
