Psaumes 41
1 Jusqu'à la Fin, Psaume de David. Heureux celui qui comprend le mendiant et le pauvre; aux jours mauvais Dieu le délivrera.
Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.
2 Que le Seigneur le garde et le fasse vivre; qu'il lui donne la félicité sur la terre; qu'il ne le livre pas aux mains de ses ennemis.
Yahweh protects them and allows them to live [for a long time]. He enables them to be happy in the land [of Israel], and rescues them from their enemies.
3 Que le Seigneur lui porte secours sur le lit de sa douleur, tu as remué toute sa couche en son infirmité.
When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.
4 Pour moi, j'ai dit: Seigneur, aie pitié de moi, guéris mon âme; car j'ai péché contre toi.
[When I was sick], I said, “Yahweh, be merciful to me and heal me; [I know that I am sick because] I have sinned against you.”
5 Mes ennemis ont mal parlé contre moi: Quand mourra-t-il? quand périra son nom?
My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him [MTY]? (OR, he will not have [any descendants to continue] his name).”
6 Si l'un d'eux entrait pour me voir, son cœur parlait faussement; il amassait en lui-même son iniquité; il sortait, et il parlait avec d'autres.
When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they [are concerned about me]. They listen to bad news about (me/my health). Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.
7 Tous mes ennemis chuchotaient contre moi; ils tramaient ma perte.
All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me.
8 Ils ont formé un dessein inique contre moi; mais celui qui est couché ne pourra-t-il ressusciter?
They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”
9 Car l'homme de ma paix, en qui j'avais espéré, celui qui mangeait mon pain, a levé fièrement son talon sur moi.
Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who [often] ate with me, has (betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands) [IDM].
10 Mais toi, Seigneur, aie pitié de moi et ressuscite-moi, et je leur rendrai ce qu'ils méritent.
But Yahweh, be merciful to me, and enable me to become healthy [again]. When you do that, I will be able to (pay back my enemies/get revenge on my enemies/cause my enemies to suffer like they caused me to suffer).
11 En cela j'ai connu que tu m'as aimé; car mon ennemi ne se réjouira point de moi.
[If you enable me to] do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me.
12 Tu m'as protégé à cause de mon innocence; et tu m'as établi devant toi pour toujours.
[I will know that] it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and [I will know that] you will let me be with you forever.
13 Béni soit le Seigneur, Dieu d'Israël, dans tous les siècles des siècles! Ainsi soit-il, ainsi soit-il!
Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!
