< Psaumes 99 >
1 L’Éternel règne: les peuples tremblent; Il est assis sur les chérubins: la terre chancelle.
YHWH has reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubim, the earth shakes.
2 L’Éternel est grand dans Sion, Il est élevé au-dessus de tous les peuples.
YHWH [is] great in Zion, And He [is] high over all the peoples.
3 Qu’on célèbre ton nom grand et redoutable! Il est saint!
They praise Your Name, “Great, and fearful, [it] 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.
And the strength of the king Has loved judgment, You have established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, You have done.
5 Exaltez l’Éternel, notre Dieu, Et prosternez-vous devant son marchepied! Il est saint!
Exalt our God YHWH, And bow yourselves 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 among His priests, And Samuel among those proclaiming His Name. They are calling to YHWH, And He answers them.
7 Il leur parla dans la colonne de nuée; Ils observèrent ses commandements Et la loi qu’il leur donna.
He speaks to them in a pillar of cloud, They have kept His testimonies, And He has given the statute to 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 YHWH, our God, You have afflicted them, You have been a forgiving God to them, And taking vengeance on their actions.
9 Exaltez l’Éternel, notre Dieu, Et prosternez-vous sur sa montagne sainte! Car il est saint, l’Éternel, notre Dieu!
Exalt our God YHWH, And bow yourselves at His holy hill, For our God YHWH [is] holy!