Psaumes 146
1 Louez l'Eternel. Mon âme, loue l'Eternel.
Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh.
2 Je louerai l'Eternel durant ma vie, je psalmodierai à mon Dieu tant que je vivrai.
I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for [the rest of] my life.
3 Ne vous assurez point sur les principaux [d'entre les peuples, ni] sur [aucun] fils d'homme, à qui [il n'appartient] point de délivrer.
[You people], do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you [from your difficulties/problems].
4 Son esprit sort, [et l'homme] retourne en sa terre, [et] en ce jour-là ses desseins périssent.
And when they die, their corpses [decay and] become soil again. After they die, they can no longer do the things that they planned to do.
5 Ô que bienheureux est celui à qui le [Dieu] Fort de Jacob est en aide, [et] dont l'attente est en l'Eternel son Dieu;
But those whose helper is the God whom Jacob [worshiped] are happy. The one whom they confidently expect [to help them] is Yahweh, their God.
6 Qui a fait les cieux et la terre, la mer, et tout ce qui y est, [et] qui garde la vérité à toujours!
He is the one who created heaven and the earth and the oceans and all [the creatures] that are in them. He always does what he has promised to do.
7 Qui fait droit à ceux à qui on fait tort; et qui donne du pain à ceux qui ont faim. L'Eternel délie ceux qui sont liés.
He decides matters fairly for those who are (treated unfairly/oppressed), and he provides food for those who are hungry. He frees those who are in prison.
8 L'Eternel ouvre [les yeux] aux aveugles; l'Eternel redresse ceux qui sont courbés; l'Eternel aime les justes.
Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous [people].
9 L'Eternel garde les étrangers, il maintient l'orphelin et la veuve, et renverse le train des méchants.
Yahweh takes care of those from other countries who live in our land, and he helps widows and orphans. But he gets rid of wicked [people].
10 L'Eternel régnera à toujours. Ô Sion! ton Dieu est d'âge en âge. Louez l'Eternel.
Yahweh will [continue to] be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh!
