Psaumes 7
1 Éternel, mon Dieu, je me retire vers toi; sauve-moi de tous ceux qui me poursuivent, et délivre-moi!
Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me [in order to harm me].
2 De peur qu'ils ne me déchirent comme un lion, et ne me mettent en pièces sans que personne me délivre.
If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does [when it attacks the animals it wants to kill], and no one will save me [from them].
3 Éternel, mon Dieu, si j'ai fait cela, s'il y a de l'iniquité dans mes mains;
Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong,
4 Si j'ai rendu le mal à celui qui était en paix avec moi, et si j'ai dépouillé celui qui m'opprimait sans cause;
if I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies,
5 Que l'ennemi me poursuive et qu'il m'atteigne; qu'il foule à terre ma vie et couche ma gloire dans la poussière! (Sélah, pause)
allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me [SYN] [lying dead] in the dirt.
6 Lève-toi, Éternel, dans ta colère! Élève-toi contre les fureurs de mes ennemis; réveille-toi, viens à moi; accomplis le jugement que tu as ordonné.
But Yahweh, because you are [very] angry [with those who pursue me], arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily [attacking me] Do to them what is just!
7 Que l'assemblée des peuples t'environne; remonte au-dessus d'elle vers les lieux élevés!
Gather around you the people of [all] nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven [MTY].
8 L'Éternel juge les peuples. Juge-moi, Éternel, selon ma justice, selon l'intégrité qui est en moi.
Yahweh, judge the people of [all] nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong.
9 Que la malice des méchants prenne fin, et affermis le juste, toi qui sondes les cœurs et les reins, ô Dieu juste!
God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you [always] do what is just/right. [So now] stop evil people from doing wicked [deeds], and defend [all of us who are] righteous!
10 Dieu est mon bouclier; il délivre ceux qui ont le cœur droit.
God, you protect me like a shield [protects soldiers] [MET]; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being.
11 Dieu est un juste juge, un Dieu qui s'indigne en tout temps.
You judge [everyone] correctly, and every day you punish [wicked people].
12 Si le méchant ne se convertit, Dieu affile son épée; il a bandé son arc, et il l'ajuste.
Whenever your enemies do not (repent/change their behavior), [it is as though] [MET] you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow [to get ready to kill them].
13 Il prépare contre lui des armes mortelles, il apprête des flèches ardentes.
You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips.
14 Voici, le méchant est en travail pour enfanter le mal; il a conçu le crime, mais il n'enfante que mensonge.
Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do [MET] the evil things that they are planning to do [just as surely as] a pregnant woman [knows that she is going to give birth to a child] [MET].
15 Il a creusé un trou profond; mais il tombera dans la fosse qu'il a faite.
But when they dig a deep pit [to trap others], they themselves will fall into it.
16 Sa malice retournera sur sa tête, sa violence retombera sur son front.
They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.
17 Je célébrerai l'Éternel à cause de sa justice; je chanterai le nom de l'Éternel, le Très-Haut.
I praise Yahweh because he [always acts] righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god.
