Psaumes 7
1 Un psaume de David, qu'il chanta au Seigneur, à cause des paroles de Chusi, le benjamite. Seigneur mon Dieu, j'ai espéré en toi; sauve-moi de tous ceux qui me persécutent, et délivre-moi;
Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me [in order to harm me].
2 De peur que, comme un lion, ils ne ravissent ma vie, s'il n'y a personne pour me sauver et me racheter.
If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does [when it attacks the animals it wants to kill], and no one will save me [from them].
3 Seigneur mon Dieu, si j'ai fait quelque faute, s'il y a quelque iniquité en mes mains,
Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
4 Si j'ai rendu le mal pour le mal, que je tombe dénué de tout, sous les coups de mes ennemis;
if I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies,
5 Que l'ennemi poursuive mon âme; qu'il la prenne, qu'à terre il foule aux pieds ma vie; qu'il enfouisse ma gloire sous la poussière. Interlude.
allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me [SYN] [lying dead] in the dirt.
6 Lève-toi, Seigneur, en ta colère; fais éclater ta grandeur jusqu'aux extrêmes frontières de mes ennemis. Réveille-toi, Seigneur mon Dieu, selon le commandement que tu as intimé.
But Yahweh, because you are [very] angry [with those who pursue me], arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily [attacking me] Do to them what is just!
7 Et la synagogue des peuples t'entourera. Et pour elle, remonte au plus haut des cieux.
Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
8 Le Seigneur juge les peuples. Juge-moi, Seigneur, selon ma justice et mon innocence.
Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
9 Que la méchanceté des pécheurs ait un terme, et tu dirigeras le juste, ô Dieu, qui sonde les cœurs et les reins!
God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you [always] do what is just/right. [So now] stop evil people from doing wicked [deeds], and defend [all of us who are] righteous!
10 Il est juste que je sois aidé du Dieu qui sauve les hommes droits en leur cœur.
God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
11 Dieu est un juge équitable, fort et patient; est-ce que chaque jour il déchaîne sa colère?
You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
12 Si vous ne vous convertissez, il brandira son glaive; il a tendu son arc, et il le tient préparé.
Whenever your enemies do not (repent/change their behavior), [it is as though] [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow [to get ready to kill them].
13 Il y a mis des instruments de mort; il a préparé des flèches enflammées.
You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
14 Voilà que le méchant a enfanté l'iniquité; il a conçu la douleur, il a donné le jour au péché.
Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do [MET] the evil things that they are planning to do [just as surely as] a pregnant woman [knows that she is going to give birth to a child] [MET].
15 Il a ouvert une fosse, il l'a creusée; et il tombera dans la fosse qu'il a faite.
But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
16 Son œuvre retournera sur sa tête, et sur son front son iniquité descendra.
They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.
17 Je rendrai gloire au Seigneur selon sa justice; je chanterai le nom du Seigneur Très-Haut.
I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
