Psaumes 35
1 De David. Éternel! Défends-moi contre mes adversaires, Combats ceux qui me combattent!
Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! Fight against [my enemies] when they fight me!
2 Saisis le petit et le grand bouclier, Et lève-toi pour me secourir!
Be [like] a shield [DOU] to protect me and come to help me!
3 Brandis la lance et le javelot contre mes persécuteurs! Dis à mon âme: Je suis ton salut!
Lift up your spear [DOU] and [throw it] at those who pursue me! Promise me that you will enable me to defeat [my enemies].
4 Qu’ils soient honteux et confus, ceux qui en veulent à ma vie! Qu’ils reculent et rougissent, ceux qui méditent ma perte!
Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced! Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused!
5 Qu’ils soient comme la balle emportée par le vent, Et que l’ange de l’Éternel les chasse!
Send your angel to pursue them, and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind!
6 Que leur route soit ténébreuse et glissante, Et que l’ange de l’Éternel les poursuive!
Cause the path on which they run to be dark and slippery as your angel pursues them!
7 Car sans cause ils m’ont tendu leur filet sur une fosse, Sans cause ils l’ont creusée pour m’ôter la vie.
Although I did not do anything wrong to them, they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into; they hid a net in which they would catch me.
8 Que la ruine les atteigne à l’improviste, Qu’ils soient pris dans le filet qu’ils ont tendu, Qu’ils y tombent et périssent!
Cause them to suddenly experience disaster! Cause them to be trapped in their own nets! Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear!
9 Et mon âme aura de la joie en l’Éternel, De l’allégresse en son salut.
Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me, I will be glad that you have rescued me.
10 Tous mes os diront: Éternel! Qui peut, comme toi, Délivrer le malheureux d’un plus fort que lui, Le malheureux et le pauvre de celui qui le dépouille?
With my whole inner being [SYN] I will say, “There is no one like Yahweh [RHQ]! No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people [RHQ]. No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.”
11 De faux témoins se lèvent: Ils m’interrogent sur ce que j’ignore.
People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know [anything] about.
12 Ils me rendent le mal pour le bien: Mon âme est dans l’abandon.
In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.
13 Et moi, quand ils étaient malades, je revêtais un sac, J’humiliais mon âme par le jeûne, Je priais, la tête penchée sur mon sein.
When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed [for them].
14 Comme pour un ami, pour un frère, je me traînais lentement; Comme pour le deuil d’une mère, je me courbais avec tristesse.
I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.
15 Puis, quand je chancelle, ils se réjouissent et s’assemblent, Ils s’assemblent à mon insu pour m’outrager, Ils me déchirent sans relâche;
But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it. They gathered around to make fun of me. Strangers struck me, and they would not stop.
16 Avec les impies, les parasites moqueurs, Ils grincent des dents contre moi.
Worthless people ridicule me and snarl at me.
17 Seigneur! Jusques à quand le verras-tu? Protège mon âme contre leurs embûches, Ma vie contre les lionceaux!
Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this? Rescue me from their attacking me; Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking me like [MET] lions [that are attacking other animals]
18 Je te louerai dans la grande assemblée, Je te célébrerai au milieu d’un peuple nombreux.
Then, when many of your people gather, I will praise you and I will thank you in front of all of them.
19 Que ceux qui sont à tort mes ennemis ne se réjouissent pas à mon sujet, Que ceux qui me haïssent sans cause ne m’insultent pas du regard!
Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat me and then rejoice! Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate me to (smirk/smile happily)!
20 Car ils tiennent un langage qui n’est point celui de la paix, Ils méditent la tromperie contre les gens tranquilles du pays.
They do not talk peacefully to people; instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful.
21 Ils ouvrent contre moi leur bouche, Ils disent: Ah! Ah! Nos yeux regardent!
They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!”
22 Éternel, tu le vois! Ne reste pas en silence! Seigneur, ne t’éloigne pas de moi!
Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! Do not stay far from me!
23 Réveille-toi, réveille-toi pour me faire justice! Mon Dieu et mon Seigneur, défends ma cause!
Arise, my God, and plead my case in court, and successfully defend me!
24 Juge-moi selon ta justice, Éternel, mon Dieu! Et qu’ils ne se réjouissent pas à mon sujet!
Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous, prove that I am innocent in order that my enemies will not be able to gloat [that I was judged to be guilty].
25 Qu’ils ne disent pas dans leur cœur: Ah! Voilà ce que nous voulions! Qu’ils ne disent pas: Nous l’avons englouti!
Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, “Yes, we have gotten rid of him [IDM] just like we desired!”
26 Que tous ensemble ils soient honteux et confus, Ceux qui se réjouissent de mon malheur! Qu’ils revêtent l’ignominie et l’opprobre, Ceux qui s’élèvent contre moi!
Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes to be completely defeated and disgraced; cause those who boast that they are much greater than me to be disgraced and dishonored!
27 Qu’ils aient de l’allégresse et de la joie, Ceux qui prennent plaisir à mon innocence, Et que sans cesse ils disent: Exalté soit l’Éternel, Qui veut la paix de son serviteur!
But cause those who desire that I be acquitted to be happy and shout joyfully, and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great! He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.”
28 Et ma langue célébrera ta justice, Elle dira tous les jours ta louange.
Then I will proclaim that you act righteously, and I will praise you all day long.
