Psaumes 68
1 Au chef des chantres. De David. Psaume. Cantique. Dieu se lève, ses ennemis se dispersent, Et ses adversaires fuient devant sa face.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Comme la fumée se dissipe, tu les dissipes; Comme la cire se fond au feu, Les méchants disparaissent devant Dieu.
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
3 Mais les justes se réjouissent, ils triomphent devant Dieu, Ils ont des transports d’allégresse.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 Chantez à Dieu, célébrez son nom! Frayez le chemin à celui qui s’avance à travers les plaines! L’Éternel est son nom: réjouissez-vous devant lui!
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
5 Le père des orphelins, le défenseur des veuves, C’est Dieu dans sa demeure sainte.
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
6 Dieu donne une famille à ceux qui étaient abandonnés, Il délivre les captifs et les rend heureux; Les rebelles seuls habitent des lieux arides.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
7 O Dieu! Quand tu sortis à la tête de ton peuple, Quand tu marchais dans le désert, (Pause)
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 La terre trembla, les cieux se fondirent devant Dieu, Le Sinaï s’ébranla devant Dieu, le Dieu d’Israël.
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
9 Tu fis tomber une pluie bienfaisante, ô Dieu! Tu fortifias ton héritage épuisé.
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
10 Ton peuple établit sa demeure dans le pays Que par ta bonté, ô Dieu! Tu avais préparé pour les malheureux.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Le Seigneur dit une parole, Et les messagères de bonnes nouvelles sont une grande armée:
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 Les rois des armées fuient, fuient, Et celle qui reste à la maison partage le butin.
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
13 Tandis que vous reposez au milieu des étables, Les ailes de la colombe sont couvertes d’argent, Et son plumage est d’un jaune d’or.
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
14 Lorsque le Tout-Puissant dispersa les rois dans le pays, La terre devint blanche comme la neige du Tsalmon.
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
15 Montagnes de Dieu, montagnes de Basan, Montagnes aux cimes nombreuses, montagnes de Basan,
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Pourquoi, montagnes aux cimes nombreuses, avez-vous de l’envie Contre la montagne que Dieu a voulue pour résidence? L’Éternel n’en fera pas moins sa demeure à perpétuité.
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
17 Les chars de l’Éternel se comptent par vingt mille, Par milliers et par milliers; Le Seigneur est au milieu d’eux, le Sinaï est dans le sanctuaire.
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
18 Tu es monté dans les hauteurs, tu as emmené des captifs, Tu as pris en don des hommes; Les rebelles habiteront aussi près de l’Éternel Dieu.
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
19 Béni soit le Seigneur chaque jour! Quand on nous accable, Dieu nous délivre. (Pause)
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Dieu est pour nous le Dieu des délivrances, Et l’Éternel, le Seigneur, peut nous garantir de la mort.
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
21 Oui, Dieu brisera la tête de ses ennemis, Le sommet de la tête de ceux qui vivent dans le péché.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Le Seigneur dit: Je les ramènerai de Basan, Je les ramènerai du fond de la mer,
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
23 Afin que tu plonges ton pied dans le sang, Et que la langue de tes chiens ait sa part des ennemis.
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
24 Ils voient ta marche, ô Dieu! La marche de mon Dieu, de mon roi, dans le sanctuaire.
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
25 En tête vont les chanteurs, puis ceux qui jouent des instruments, Au milieu de jeunes filles battant du tambourin.
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
26 Bénissez Dieu dans les assemblées, Bénissez le Seigneur, descendants d’Israël!
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Là sont Benjamin, le plus jeune, qui domine sur eux, Les chefs de Juda et leur troupe, Les chefs de Zabulon, les chefs de Nephthali.
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
28 Ton Dieu ordonne que tu sois puissant; Affermis, ô Dieu, ce que tu as fait pour nous!
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 De ton temple tu règnes sur Jérusalem; Les rois t’apporteront des présents.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Épouvante l’animal des roseaux, La troupe des taureaux avec les veaux des peuples, Qui se prosternent avec des pièces d’argent! Disperse les peuples qui prennent plaisir à combattre!
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
31 Des grands viennent de l’Égypte; L’Éthiopie accourt, les mains tendues vers Dieu.
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
32 Royaumes de la terre, chantez à Dieu, Célébrez le Seigneur! (Pause)
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 Chantez à celui qui s’avance dans les cieux, les cieux éternels! Voici, il fait entendre sa voix, sa voix puissante.
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
34 Rendez gloire à Dieu! Sa majesté est sur Israël, et sa force dans les cieux.
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
35 De ton sanctuaire, ô Dieu! Tu es redoutable. Le Dieu d’Israël donne à son peuple la force et la puissance. Béni soit Dieu!
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
