Psaumes 99
1 Psaume de David. Le Seigneur a régné, que les peuples exhalent leur colère; il est assis sur les chérubins, que la terre tremble!
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 Le Seigneur est grand dans Sion; il est élevé au-dessus de tous les peuples.
Yahweh is a mighty [king] in Jerusalem; [but] he is [also] the supreme ruler of all people-groups.
3 Exaltez le Seigneur notre Dieu, et adorez l'escabeau de ses pieds; car il est saint.
[So] they should praise him because he is very great/powerful; and he is holy!
4 L'honneur du roi aime la justice: tu as établi l'équité; tu as rendu la justice et le jugement en 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 le Seigneur notre Dieu, et adorez l'escabeau de ses pieds; car 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 ont été comptés parmi ses prêtres, et Samuel parmi ceux qui invoquent son nom. Ils invoquaient le Seigneur, et lui les exauçait.
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 Il leur parlait du milieu d'une colonne de nuée. Ils gardaient ses témoignages et les commandements qu'il donnait.
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 Seigneur notre Dieu, tu les as écoutés; ô Dieu, tu leur as été propice, même en toi vengeant de tous leurs desseins.
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 le Seigneur notre Dieu, et adorez-le sur sa montagne sainte; car le Seigneur notre Dieu est saint.
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!
