Psaumes 44
1 Au chef des chantres. Des fils de Koré. Cantique. O Dieu! Nous avons entendu de nos oreilles, Nos pères nous ont raconté Les œuvres que tu as accomplies de leur temps, Aux jours d’autrefois.
God, we ourselves have heard what our parents and grandparents told us. They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago.
2 De ta main tu as chassé des nations pour les établir, Tu as frappé des peuples pour les étendre.
[They told us] how you expelled the ungodly people and enabled us to live in their land. [They told us] that you punished those ungodly people and enabled your own people to prosper [IDM].
3 Car ce n’est point par leur épée qu’ils se sont emparés du pays, Ce n’est point leur bras qui les a sauvés; Mais c’est ta droite, c’est ton bras, c’est la lumière de ta face, Parce que tu les aimais.
It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land, and it was not by their own power that they were victorious; it was only by your power [MTY, DOU] [that they did those things]; and they were sure that you were with them, and that showed that you were pleased with them.
4 O Dieu! Tu es mon roi: Ordonne la délivrance de Jacob!
You are my King and my God; it is you who enable us, your people [MTY], to defeat our enemies.
5 Avec toi nous renversons nos ennemis, Avec ton nom nous écrasons nos adversaires.
It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.
6 Car ce n’est pas en mon arc que je me confie, Ce n’est pas mon épée qui me sauvera;
I do not trust that I will be saved by using my bow [and arrows] and my sword.
7 Mais c’est toi qui nous délivres de nos ennemis, Et qui confonds ceux qui nous haïssent.
No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies, it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed [because they were defeated].
8 Nous nous glorifions en Dieu chaque jour, Et nous célébrerons à jamais ton nom. (Pause)
We have continually boasted about what God [has done for us], and we will thank him [MTY] forever.
9 Cependant tu nous repousses, tu nous couvres de honte, Tu ne sors plus avec nos armées;
But [now] you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced; when our armies march out [to fight a battle], you no [longer] go with them.
10 Tu nous fais reculer devant l’ennemi, Et ceux qui nous haïssent enlèvent nos dépouilles.
You have caused us to run away from our enemies, with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us.
11 Tu nous livres comme des brebis à dévorer, Tu nous disperses parmi les nations.
You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered; you scattered us [far away] among [other].
12 Tu vends ton peuple pour rien, Tu ne l’estimes pas à une grande valeur.
[It is as though] [MET] you sold us, your people, [to our enemies] for a very small price, and you did not gain much profit from selling us!
13 Tu fais de nous un objet d’opprobre pour nos voisins, De moquerie et de risée pour ceux qui nous entourent;
People who live in nations near us make fun of us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
14 Tu fais de nous un objet de sarcasme parmi les nations, Et de hochements de tête parmi les peuples.
They make jokes using the name of [our country], they shake their heads [to indicate that they despise us].
15 Ma honte est toujours devant moi, Et la confusion couvre mon visage,
All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.
16 A la voix de celui qui m’insulte et m’outrage, A la vue de l’ennemi et du vindicatif.
I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.
17 Tout cela nous arrive, sans que nous t’ayons oublié, Sans que nous ayons violé ton alliance:
All these things have happened to us [even] though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with [our ancestors].
18 Notre cœur ne s’est point détourné, Nos pas ne se sont point éloignés de ton sentier,
We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do [IDM].
19 Pour que tu nous écrases dans la demeure des chacals, Et que tu nous couvres de l’ombre de la mort.
But [it is as though] you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark [ravine].
20 Si nous avions oublié le nom de notre Dieu, Et étendu nos mains vers un dieu étranger,
If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God, or if we had spread out our hands to [worship] a foreign god,
21 Dieu ne le saurait-il pas, Lui qui connaît les secrets du cœur?
you certainly would have known that, because you know [even] what we secretly think.
22 Mais c’est à cause de toi qu’on nous égorge tous les jours, Qu’on nous regarde comme des brebis destinées à la boucherie.
But it is because we belong to you, [that our enemies] are constantly killing us. They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Réveille-toi! Pourquoi dors-tu, Seigneur? Réveille-toi! Ne nous repousse pas à jamais!
[So], Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]? Get up! Do not reject us forever!
24 Pourquoi caches-tu ta face? Pourquoi oublies-tu notre misère et notre oppression?
Why are you not looking at us? Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed [by our enemies]?
25 Car notre âme est abattue dans la poussière, Notre corps est attaché à la terre.
We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up.
26 Lève-toi, pour nous secourir! Délivre-nous à cause de ta bonté!
Arise, and come and help us! Rescue us because you faithfully love us!
