Psaumes 30
1 Psaume. Cantique pour la dédicace de la maison. De David. Je t’exalte, ô Éternel, car tu m’as relevé, Tu n’as pas voulu que mes ennemis se réjouissent à mon sujet.
Yahweh, I praise you because you rescued me. You did not allow [me to die], [with the result that] my enemies could gloat/rejoice.
2 Éternel, mon Dieu! J’ai crié à toi, et tu m’as guéri.
Yahweh, my God, I called out for you to help [me when I was ill], and you healed me.
3 Éternel! Tu as fait remonter mon âme du séjour des morts, Tu m’as fait revivre loin de ceux qui descendent dans la fosse. (Sheol h7585)
You saved/restored me when I was dying [MTY]. I was nearly dead, but you caused me to get well again. (Sheol h7585)
4 Chantez à l’Éternel, vous qui l’aimez, Célébrez par vos louanges sa sainteté!
All you who belong to Yahweh, sing praise to him! Think about what [God], the holy one, has done, and thank him!
5 Car sa colère dure un instant, Mais sa grâce toute la vie; Le soir arrivent les pleurs, Et le matin l’allégresse.
When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time [HYP], but he is good [to us] all of our life. We may cry during the night, but the next morning we will be joyful.
6 Je disais dans ma sécurité: Je ne chancellerai jamais!
As for me, when I had no troubles, I said [to myself], “No one will defeat me!”
7 Éternel! Par ta grâce tu avais affermi ma montagne… Tu cachas ta face, et je fus troublé.
Yahweh, because you were good to me, at first you caused me to be safe [as though I was inside] [MET] a mountain. But then [I became ill, and I thought that] you had turned away from me, and I became afraid.
8 Éternel! J’ai crié à toi, J’ai imploré l’Éternel:
[Then] I called out to you, and I pleaded for you [to help me].
9 Que gagnes-tu à verser mon sang, A me faire descendre dans la fosse? La poussière a-t-elle pour toi des louanges? Raconte-t-elle ta fidélité?
[I said], “Yahweh, (what will you gain if I die?/ you won’t gain anything if I die) [MTY]. (In what way will it benefit you?/it won’t benefit you at all) if I go to the place where the dead people are [RHQ]. Dead people are certainly not able to praise you [RHQ], and they are not able to tell others that you are trustworthy [RHQ]!
10 Écoute, Éternel, aie pitié de moi! Éternel, secours-moi!
Yahweh, listen to me, and be merciful to me! Yahweh, help me!”
11 Et tu as changé mes lamentations en allégresse, Tu as délié mon sac, et tu m’as ceint de joie,
But [now you have healed me], and you have caused me to change from being sad to dancing [joyfully]. You have taken away the clothes that showed that I was very sad and you have given me clothes that showed that I was [very] joyful.
12 Afin que mon cœur te chante et ne soit pas muet. Éternel, mon Dieu! Je te louerai toujours.
So I will not be silent; I will sing out [loudly] to praise you. Yahweh, you are my God, and I will thank you forever.
