< Psaumes 99 >
1 L'Éternel règne, les peuples tremblent; Il est assis sur les Chérubins, la terre est ébranlée.
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
2 L'Éternel est grand en Sion, et élevé au-dessus de tous les peuples:
Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
3 qu'ils chantent Ton nom grand et redoutable, Il est saint!
Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy!
4 et la force du Roi qui aime la justice! Tu as fondé l'équité, et créé en Jacob la justice et le droit.
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exaltez l'Éternel, notre Dieu, et vous prosternez sur le marchepied de son trône! Il est saint!
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
6 Moïse et Aaron, ses Lévites, et Samuel qui invoquait son nom, implorèrent l'Éternel, et Il les exauça.
Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
7 Il leur parla dans la colonne de nuée; ils gardèrent ses commandements, et l'ordonnance qu'il leur avait donnée.
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
8 Éternel, notre Dieu, tu les as exaucés; tu fus pour eux un Dieu qui pardonne, et un Dieu vengeur, à cause de leurs méfaits.
O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
9 Exaltez l'Éternel, notre Dieu, et prosternez-vous sur sa sainte montagne! Car Il est saint, l'Éternel, notre Dieu.
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.