< Psaumes 99 >
1 L’Éternel règne: les peuples tremblent; Il est assis sur les chérubins: la terre chancelle.
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
2 L’Éternel est grand dans Sion, Il est élevé au-dessus de tous les peuples.
Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
3 Qu’on célèbre ton nom grand et redoutable! Il est saint!
Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy!
4 Qu’on célèbre la force du roi qui aime la justice! Tu affermis la droiture, Tu exerces en Jacob la justice et l’équité.
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exaltez l’Éternel, notre Dieu, Et prosternez-vous devant son marchepied! Il est saint!
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
6 Moïse et Aaron parmi ses sacrificateurs, Et Samuel parmi ceux qui invoquaient son nom, Invoquèrent l’Éternel, et il les exauça.
Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
7 Il leur parla dans la colonne de nuée; Ils observèrent ses commandements Et la loi qu’il leur donna.
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
8 Éternel, notre Dieu, tu les exauças, Tu fus pour eux un Dieu qui pardonne, Mais tu les as punis de leurs fautes.
O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
9 Exaltez l’Éternel, notre Dieu, Et prosternez-vous sur sa montagne sainte! Car il est saint, l’Éternel, notre Dieu!
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.