Psaumes 141
1 Psaume de David. Éternel, je t’invoque: viens en hâte auprès de moi! Prête l’oreille à ma voix, quand je t’invoque!
Yahweh, I call out to you; [please] help me quickly! Listen to me when I am calling to you.
2 Que ma prière soit devant ta face comme l’encens, Et l’élévation de mes mains comme l’offrande du soir!
Accept my prayer as though it were incense [being burned as an offering] [SIM] to you. And accept me while I lift up my hands [to pray] to you like you accept sacrifices [that I offer to you each] evening [SIM].
3 Éternel, mets une garde à ma bouche, Veille sur la porte de mes lèvres!
Yahweh, do not allow me to say [MTY] things that are wrong; guard my lips.
4 N’entraîne pas mon cœur à des choses mauvaises, A des actions coupables avec les hommes qui font le mal, Et que je ne prenne aucune part à leurs festins!
Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong, and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds [DOU]. Do not [even] allow me to share in eating delightful food with them!
5 Que le juste me frappe, c’est une faveur; Qu’il me châtie, c’est de l’huile sur ma tête: Ma tête ne se détournera pas; Mais de nouveau ma prière s’élèvera contre leur méchanceté.
It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke me because they are trying to act kindly toward me [to teach me to do what is right], but I do not want wicked [people] to [honor me by] anointing my head with [olive] oil; I am always praying [that you will punish them because of] the wicked deeds [that they do].
6 Que leurs juges soient précipités le long des rochers, Et l’on écoutera mes paroles, car elles sont agréables.
When their rulers are thrown down from the top of rocky cliffs, people will know that what you, Yahweh, said [about them] is true.
7 Comme quand on laboure et qu’on fend la terre, Ainsi nos os sont dispersés à l’entrée du séjour des morts. (Sheol h7585)
Like a log that is split and cut into small pieces [SIM], their shattered bones will be scattered [on the ground] near [other] graves. (Sheol h7585)
8 C’est vers toi, Éternel, Seigneur! Que se tournent mes yeux, C’est auprès de toi que je cherche un refuge: N’abandonne pas mon âme!
But Yahweh God, I [continue to] ask you [to help me]. I ask you to protect me; do not allow me to (die/be killed) [now]!
9 Garantis-moi du piège qu’ils me tendent, Et des embûches de ceux qui font le mal!
[It is as though] people have set traps for me; protect me from falling into those traps, [It is as though] they have spread nets to catch me; keep me from being caught in those nets.
10 Que les méchants tombent dans leurs filets, Et que j’échappe en même temps!
I desire that wicked [people] will fall into the traps they have set [to catch me] while I escape [from them].
