Psaumes 41
1 Psaume de David, [donné] au maître chantre. Ô que bienheureux est celui qui se conduit sagement envers l'affligé! l'Eternel le délivrera au jour de la calamité.
Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.
2 L'Eternel le gardera et le préservera en vie; il sera même rendu heureux en la terre; ne le livre donc point au gré de ses ennemis.
Yahweh protects them and allows them to live [for a long time]. He enables them to be happy in the land [of Israel], and rescues them from their enemies.
3 L'Eternel le soutiendra [quand il sera] dans un lit de langueur; tu transformeras tout son lit, [quand il sera] malade.
When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.
4 J'ai dit: Eternel! aie pitié de moi, guéris mon âme; quoique j'aie péché contre toi.
[When I was sick], I said, “Yahweh, be merciful to me and heal me; [I know that I am sick because] I have sinned against you.”
5 Mes ennemis [me souhaitant] du mal, disent: Quand mourra-t-il? et quand périra son nom?
My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him [MTY]? (OR, he will not have [any descendants to continue] his name).”
6 Et si quelqu'un d'eux vient me visiter, il parle en mensonge; son cœur s'amasse de quoi me fâcher. Est-il sorti? il en parle dehors.
When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they [are concerned about me]. They listen to bad news about (me/my health). Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.
7 Tous ceux qui m'ont en haine murmurent sourdement ensemble contre moi, [et] machinent du mal contre moi.
All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me.
8 Quelque action, [disent-ils, telle que] les méchants [commettent], le tient enserré, et cet homme qui est couché, ne se relèvera plus.
They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”
9 Même celui qui avait la paix avec moi, sur lequel je m'assurais, [et] qui mangeait mon pain, a levé le talon contre moi.
Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who [often] ate with me, has (betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands) [IDM].
10 Mais toi, ô Eternel! aie pitié de moi, et me relève; et je le leur rendrai.
But Yahweh, be merciful to me, and enable me to become healthy [again]. When you do that, I will be able to (pay back my enemies/get revenge on my enemies/cause my enemies to suffer like they caused me to suffer).
11 En ceci je connais que tu prends plaisir en moi, que mon ennemi ne triomphe point de moi.
[If you enable me to] do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me.
12 Pour moi, tu m'as maintenu dans mon entier, et tu m'as établi devant toi pour toujours.
[I will know that] it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and [I will know that] you will let me be with you forever.
13 Béni soit l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël, de siècle en siècle. Amen! Amen!
Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!
