Psaumes 7
1 Complainte de David. Chantée à l’Éternel, au sujet de Cusch, Benjamite. Éternel, mon Dieu! Je cherche en toi mon refuge; Sauve-moi de tous mes persécuteurs, et délivre-moi,
Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me [in order to harm me].
2 Afin qu’ils ne me déchirent pas, comme un lion Qui dévore sans que personne vienne au secours.
If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does [when it attacks the animals it wants to kill], and no one will save me [from them].
3 Éternel, mon Dieu! Si j’ai fait cela, S’il y a de l’iniquité dans mes mains,
Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
4 Si j’ai rendu le mal à celui qui était paisible envers moi, Si j’ai dépouillé celui qui m’opprimait sans cause,
if I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies,
5 Que l’ennemi me poursuive et m’atteigne, Qu’il foule à terre ma vie, Et qu’il couche ma gloire dans la poussière! (Pause)
allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me [SYN] [lying dead] in the dirt.
6 Lève-toi, ô Éternel! Dans ta colère, Lève-toi contre la fureur de mes adversaires, Réveille-toi pour me secourir, ordonne un jugement!
But Yahweh, because you are [very] angry [with those who pursue me], arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily [attacking me] Do to them what is just!
7 Que l’assemblée des peuples t’environne! Monte au-dessus d’elle vers les lieux élevés!
Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
8 L’Éternel juge les peuples: Rends-moi justice, ô Éternel! Selon mon droit et selon mon innocence!
Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
9 Mets un terme à la malice des méchants, Et affermis le juste, Toi qui sondes les cœurs et les reins, Dieu juste!
God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you [always] do what is just/right. [So now] stop evil people from doing wicked [deeds], and defend [all of us who are] righteous!
10 Mon bouclier est en Dieu, Qui sauve ceux dont le cœur est droit.
God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
11 Dieu est un juste juge, Dieu s’irrite en tout temps.
You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
12 Si le méchant ne se convertit pas, il aiguise son glaive, Il bande son arc, et il vise;
Whenever your enemies do not (repent/change their behavior), [it is as though] [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow [to get ready to kill them].
13 Il dirige sur lui des traits meurtriers, Il rend ses flèches brûlantes.
You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
14 Voici, le méchant prépare le mal, Il conçoit l’iniquité, et il enfante le néant.
Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do [MET] the evil things that they are planning to do [just as surely as] a pregnant woman [knows that she is going to give birth to a child] [MET].
15 Il ouvre une fosse, il la creuse, Et il tombe dans la fosse qu’il a faite.
But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
16 Son iniquité retombe sur sa tête, Et sa violence redescend sur son front.
They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.
17 Je louerai l’Éternel à cause de sa justice, Je chanterai le nom de l’Éternel, du Très-Haut.
I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
