Psaumes 99

1 L'Eternel règne, que les peuples tremblent; il est assis entre les Chérubins, que la terre soit ébranlée.

The Lord is king; let the nations tremble: he is throned upon cherubs; let earth quake.

2 L'Eternel est grand en Sion, et il est élevé par-dessus tous les peuples.

The Lord is great in Zion, he is high over all the nations.

3 Ils célébreront ton Nom, grand et terrible; car il est saint;

Let them praise your great and terrible name. Holy is he.

4 Et la force du Roi, [car] il aime la justice; tu as ordonné l'équité, tu as prononcé des jugements justes en Jacob.

You are a king who loves justice, equity you have established: justice and right you have wrought for Jacob.

5 Exaltez l'Eternel notre Dieu, et prosternez-vous devant son marchepied; il est saint.

Exalt the Lord our God, bow down at his footstool. Holy is he.

6 Moïse et Aaron ont été entre ses Sacrificateurs; et Samuel entre ceux qui invoquaient son Nom; ils invoquaient l'Eternel, et il leur répondait.

Among his priests were Moses and Aaron, Samuel among those who called on his name. They called to the Lord, and he gave them answer.

7 Il parlait à eux de la colonne de nuée; ils ont gardé ses témoignages et l'ordonnance qu'il leur avait donnée.

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud, they kept his commands and the statute he gave them.

8 Ô Eternel mon Dieu! tu les as exaucés, tu leur as été un [Dieu] Fort, leur pardonnant, et faisant vengeance de leurs actes.

Lord our God, you gave them answer. A God of forgiveness were you to them, who suffered their deeds to go unpunished.

9 Exaltez l'Eternel notre Dieu, et prosternez-vous en la montagne de sa Sainteté, car l'Eternel, notre Dieu est saint.

Exalt the Lord our God; bow down at his holy mountain. For holy is the Lord our God.