Psaumes 60
1 Jusqu'à la Fin, pour ceux qui seront transformés, avec cette inscription de David: Instruction, Lorsqu'il incendia la Mésopotamie syrienne et la Syrie de Sobal, et que Joab revint, et qu'il tailla en pièces douze mille hommes dans le val des salines. O Dieu, tu nous as repoussés, tu nous as détruits, toi tu t'es mis en colère; puis tu as eu pitié de nous.
[I prayed], “God, you have rejected us [Israelis]! Because you have been angry [with us], you have [enabled our enemies] to break through our ranks. [Please] enable us to be strong again!
2 Tu as ébranlé la terre, et tu l'as troublée; guéris ses meurtrissures, car elle a tremblé.
[When we were defeated, it was as though] [MET] there was a big earthquake in our land that caused the ground to split open. So now, [just as only you can] cause the cracks in the land to disappear, [help our army to be strong again], because [it is as though] our country is (falling apart/being destroyed).
3 Tu as montré ta sévérité à ton peuple; tu nous as fait boire le vin de la componction.
You have caused [us], your people, to suffer very much; [it is as though] you forced us to drink [strong] wine that caused us to stagger around [after we became drunk].
4 Tu as donné un signe à ceux qui te craignent pour qu'ils échappent aux atteintes de l'arc. Afin que tes bien-aimés soient délivrés,
But you have raised a battle flag for those who revere you in order that they can gather around it and not [be killed by the enemies’] arrows.
5 Sauve-moi par ta droite, et exauce-moi.
Answer our [prayers] and enable us by your power [MTY] to defeat [our enemies] in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.”
6 Dieu a parlé en son saint temple; je me réjouirai, et je partagerai Sichem, et je mesurerai le val des Tabernacles.
[Then] God [answered my prayer and] spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered [your enemies], I will divide up [everything in] Shechem [city], and I will distribute it among my people [the land in] Succoth Valley.
7 A moi est Galaad, à moi Manassé; Ephraïm est l'appui de ma tête, Juda est mon roi,
The Gilead [region] is mine; the [people of the tribe of] Manasseh are mine; [the tribe of] Ephraim is [like] my helmet [MET]; and [the tribe of] Judah is [like] the (scepter/stick [that I hold which shows that I am the ruler]) [MET];
8 Et Moab, le vase de mon espérance; je poserai ma sandale sur l'Idumée; les étrangers me sont soumis.
but the Moab [region] is [like] my washbasin [MET]; I throw my sandal in the Edom [area to show that it belongs to me]; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated [the people of] the Philistia [area].”
9 Qui me ramènera dans la ville forte? Qui me guidera jusqu'à la terre d'Edom?
[Because I want to defeat the people of] Edom, (who will lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my [army triumphantly] to their [capital] city that has strong walls around it.)” [RHQ]
10 N'est-ce pas toi, qui nous avais repoussés, ô Dieu, qui ne sortais plus à la tête de nos armées?
So, God, we [desire/hope that] [RHQ] you have not truly abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our armies march out [to fight our enemies].
11 Donne-nous ton secours pour nous tirer de nos tribulations; car il est vain le salut qui vient de l'homme.
[We need you to] help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless.
12 En Dieu nous mettrons notre force, et lui-même réduira à néant nos ennemis.
But with you [helping us], we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies.
