Psaumes 39
1 Au chef des chantres. A Jeduthun, Psaume de David. Je disais: Je veillerai sur mes voies, De peur de pécher par ma langue; Je mettrai un frein à ma bouche, Tant que le méchant sera devant moi.
I said [to myself], “I will be careful not to sin by the things that I say [MTY]. I will not say anything [to complain] while wicked people are near to me [and can hear me].”
2 Je suis resté muet, dans le silence; Je me suis tu, quoique malheureux; Et ma douleur n’était pas moins vive.
[So] I was completely silent [DOU], and I did not [even] talk about things that were good, but it was useless, because I began to suffer even more.
3 Mon cœur brûlait au-dedans de moi, Un feu intérieur me consumait, Et la parole est venue sur ma langue.
I became very anxious/worried [IDM]. As I thought [about my troubles], I became more worried. Then [finally] I said [MTY],
4 Éternel! Dis-moi quel est le terme de ma vie, Quelle est la mesure de mes jours; Que je sache combien je suis fragile.
“Yahweh, show/tell me how long I will live. Tell me when I will die. Tell me how many years I will live!
5 Voici, tu as donné à mes jours la largeur de la main, Et ma vie est comme un rien devant toi. Oui, tout homme debout n’est qu’un souffle. (Pause)
[It seems that] you have caused me to live only a short time; (my lifetime/all the time that I have lived) seems like nothing to you. The time that all we humans live is [as short as] [MET] a puff of wind.
6 Oui, l’homme se promène comme une ombre, Il s’agite vainement; Il amasse, et il ne sait qui recueillera.
Then we disappear like a shadow does. It seems that all that we do is for nothing/useless. We [sometimes] get a lot of money, but we do not know who will get it [after we die].
7 Maintenant, Seigneur, que puis-je espérer? En toi est mon espérance.
So now, Yahweh, if I expect [RHQ] [to receive blessings from other people], I will be disappointed. You are the [only] one from whom I confidently expect [to receive blessings].
8 Délivre-moi de toutes mes transgressions! Ne me rends pas l’opprobre de l’insensé!
Save me from [being punished for] all the sins that I have committed. And do not allow foolish people to make fun of me.
9 Je reste muet, je n’ouvre pas la bouche, Car c’est toi qui agis.
I did not say anything [when you punished me], because [I knew that] you were the one who caused [me to suffer].
10 Détourne de moi tes coups! Je succombe sous les attaques de ta main.
But now, please stop punishing me! [If you do not do that], I am about to die because of the ways that you [SYN] have struck/afflicted me.
11 Tu châties l’homme en le punissant de son iniquité, Tu détruis comme la teigne ce qu’il a de plus cher. Oui, tout homme est un souffle. (Pause)
When you rebuke someone and punish him for the sin that he has committed, you destroy the things that (he loves/are precious to him), like moths’ [larva] destroy clothing. Our lives [disappear like] a puff of wind.
12 Écoute ma prière, Éternel, et prête l’oreille à mes cris! Ne sois pas insensible à mes larmes! Car je suis un étranger chez toi, Un habitant, comme tous mes pères.
Yahweh, listen to me while I pray; pay attention to me while I cry out to you. Help me while I am crying. I am here on the earth for only a short time, like all my ancestors.
13 Détourne de moi le regard, et laisse-moi respirer, Avant que je m’en aille et que ne sois plus!
[Now] please leave me alone, [and do not punish me any more] in order that I may smile and be happy for a while before I die. [EUP, DOU]”
