Psaumes 40
1 Psaume de David, [donné] au maître chantre. J'ai attendu patiemment l'Eternel, et il s'est tourné vers moi, et a ouï mon cri.
I waited patiently for Yahweh [to help me], and he listened to me [DOU] when I called out to him.
2 Il m'a fait remonter hors d'un puits bruyant, et d'un bourbier fangeux; il a mis mes pieds sur un roc, [et] a assuré mes pas.
[When I had many troubles, it was as though] I was in a deep pit. But he lifted me up out of the mud and slime of that pit; he set my feet on a [solid] rock, and enabled me to walk (safely/without falling).
3 Et il a mis en ma bouche un nouveau Cantique, qui est la louange de notre Dieu. Plusieurs verront cela, et ils craindront, et se confieront en l'Eternel.
He has given me a new song to sing, a song to praise him who is our God. Many people will find out [what he has done for me], and they will revere and trust him.
4 Ô que bienheureux est l'homme qui s'est proposé l'Eternel pour son assurance, et qui ne regarde point aux orgueilleux, ni à ceux qui se détournent vers le mensonge!
Yahweh is pleased with those who trust him, those who do not trust in idols or join with those who worship those false gods.
5 Eternel mon Dieu! tu as fait que tes merveilles et tes pensées envers nous sont en grand nombre; Il n'est pas possible de les arranger devant toi: les veux-je réciter et dire? elles sont en si grand nombre, que je ne les saurais raconter.
O Yahweh, my God, you have done many wonderful things! No one can list all the wonderful things that you have planned for us. If I tried to tell [others] about all those wonderful things, I would not be able to, because there would be too many for me to mention.
6 Tu ne prends point plaisir au sacrifice ni au gâteau; [mais] tu m'as percé les oreilles; tu n'as point demandé d'holocauste, ni d'oblation pour le péché.
Various kinds of sacrifices and other offerings are not the [only] things that delight you. You have enabled me to understand that very well [IDM]. [Animals] burned [on the altar] and [other] offerings are not all that you require [for sins to be forgiven].
7 Alors j'ai dit: Voici, je viens, il est écrit de moi au rôle du Livre;
So I said [to you], “Yahweh, here I am, [to do] the things that have been written in the scroll [that contains your laws], things that you want me [to do].”
8 Mon Dieu, j'ai pris plaisir à faire ta volonté, et ta Loi est au-dedans de mes entrailles.
O my God, I delight to do what you desire; I [keep] your laws within my inner being.
9 J'ai prêché ta justice dans la grande assemblée; voilà, je n'ai point retenu mes lèvres; tu le sais, ô Eternel!
Whenever all [your people] are gathered, I have told them about how you save us. Yahweh, you know that I have not been afraid to tell that to them.
10 Je n'ai point caché ta justice, [qui est] au-dedans de mon cœur; j'ai déclaré ta fidélité et ta délivrance; je n'ai point scellé ta gratuité ni ta vérité dans la grande assemblée.
And I have not kept to myself the news that you always act justly/fairly; when many of your people have gathered together [to worship you in the temple], I have told them that you are faithful to us and save us. I have (not concealed/openly told people) that you faithfully love us and act loyally toward us.
11 [Et] toi, Eternel! ne m'épargne point tes compassions; que ta gratuité et ta vérité me gardent continuellement.
Yahweh, do not stop being merciful to me. Because you faithfully love [me] [PRS] and are loyal [to me], always protect me.
12 Car des maux sans nombre m'ont environné; mes iniquités m'ont atteint, et je ne les ai pu voir; elles surpassent en nombre les cheveux de ma tête, et mon cœur m'a abandonné.
I have many troubles; [so many that] I cannot count them. My sins are like a flood that has covered me [PRS, MET]; [they are so many that] I cannot find my way. The sins that I have committed are more than the hairs on my head. I am very discouraged.
13 Eternel, veuille me délivrer; Eternel, hâte-toi de venir à mon secours.
O Yahweh, please save me! Come quickly to help me!
14 Que ceux-là soient tous honteux et rougissent ensemble qui cherchent mon âme pour la perdre; et que ceux qui prennent plaisir à mon malheur, retournent en arrière, et soient confus.
Humble those who are happy about my troubles, and cause them to be disgraced and ashamed. Chase away those who are trying to get rid of me.
15 Que ceux qui disent de moi: Aha! Aha! soient consumés, en récompense de la honte qu'ils m'ont faite.
I hope/desire that those who make fun of me will be dismayed when you defeat them.
16 Que tous ceux qui te cherchent, s'égayent et se réjouissent en toi; [et] que ceux qui aiment ta délivrance, disent continuellement: Magnifié soit l'Eternel.
But I hope that all those who go to [worship] you will be very joyful [DOU]. I want those who love you because you saved them to shout repeatedly, “Yahweh is great!”
17 Or je suis affligé et misérable, [mais] le Seigneur a soin de moi; tu es mon secours et mon libérateur; mon Dieu ne tarde point.
As for me, I am poor and needy [DOU]; but [I know that] Yahweh has not forgotten me. O my God, you are the one who saves and helps me, so please come quickly [and help me!]
