Psaumes 99

1 L'Éternel règne, les peuples tremblent; Il est assis sur les Chérubins, la terre est ébranlée.

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

2 L'Éternel est grand en Sion, et élevé au-dessus de tous les peuples:

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

3 qu'ils chantent Ton nom grand et redoutable, Il est saint!

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

4 et la force du Roi qui aime la justice! Tu as fondé l'équité, et créé en Jacob la justice et le droit.

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

5 Exaltez l'Éternel, notre Dieu, et vous prosternez sur le marchepied de son trône! Il est saint!

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

6 Moïse et Aaron, ses Lévites, et Samuel qui invoquait son nom, implorèrent l'Éternel, et Il les exauça.

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 leur parla dans la colonne de nuée; ils gardèrent ses commandements, 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 Éternel, notre Dieu, tu les as exaucés; tu fus pour eux un Dieu qui pardonne, et un Dieu vengeur, à cause de leurs méfaits.

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'Éternel, notre Dieu, et prosternez-vous sur sa sainte montagne! Car Il est saint, l'Éternel, notre Dieu.

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