Psaumes 68
1 Psaume d’un cantique de David lui-même. Que Dieu se lève, et que ses ennemis soient dissipés; et que ceux qui le haïssent fuient devant sa face.
God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
2 Comme s’évanouit la fumée, qu’ils s’évanouissent: comme la cire fond à la face du feu, qu’ainsi périssent les pécheurs à la face de Dieu.
Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
3 Mais que les justes fassent des festins, et qu’ils exultent en la présence de Dieu; et qu’ils se plaisent dans la joie.
But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
4 Chantez Dieu, dites un psaume à la gloire de son nom: faites un chemin à celui qui monte sur le couchant: le Seigneur est son nom. Exultez en sa présence: les pécheurs, seront troublés devant sa face,
Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
5 Lui. le père des orphelins, et le juge des veuves. Dieu est dans son lieu saint;
God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
6 Dieu qui fait habiter dans sa maison ceux qui sont d’un même esprit: Qui fait sortir par sa puissance ceux qui sont dans les liens, et pareillement ceux qui l’irritent, qui habitent dans des sépulcres.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
7 Ô Dieu, lorsque vous sortiez en présence de votre peuple, lorsque vous passiez dans le désert,
God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
8 La terre fut ébranlée; car les cieux se fondirent en eaux à la face du Dieu du Sinaï, à la face du Dieu d’Israël.
After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
9 Vous réserverez, ô Dieu, une pluie volontaire pour votre héritage; il a été affaibli, mais vous, vous l’avez fortifié.
You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
10 Vos animaux y habiteront; vous avez, ô Dieu, préparé par un effet de votre douceur une nourriture au pauvre.
Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
11 Le Seigneur donnera la parole à ceux qui annonceront la bonne nouvelle, avec une grande force.
The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
12 Le roi des armées sera soumis au bien-aimé, au bien-aimé; et ce sera à la beauté de la maison de partager les dépouilles.
[They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
13 Si vous dormez au milieu de vos héritages, vous serez comme des ailes argentées
Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
14 Tandis que le roi du ciel disperse des rois sur elle, ils deviendront blancs par la neige qui est sur Selmon.
When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
15 La montagne de Dieu est une montagne grasse: Montagne fertile, montagne grasse.
There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
16 Pourquoi regardez-vous avec envie des montagnes fertiles? La montagne sur laquelle il a plu à Dieu d’habiter; car le Seigneur y habitera jusqu’à la fin.
But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
17 Le char de Dieu est entouré de plus de dix mille; ce sont des milliers de saints qui se livrent à la joie; le Seigneur est au milieu d’eux, à Sinaï dans son sanctuaire.
[After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
18 Vous êtes monté en haut, vous avez pris une captivité: vous avez reçu des dons parmi les hommes;
He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
19 Béni soit le Seigneur un jour, chaque jour: il nous fera un chemin prospère, le Dieu de nos victoires.
Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
20 Notre Dieu est le Dieu qui sauve; et au Seigneur, au Seigneur appartient de retirer de la mort.
Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
21 Mais Dieu brisera les têtes de ses ennemis; le sommet chevelu de ceux qui marchent dans leurs péchés.
But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
22 Le Seigneur a dit: De Bazan je les amènerai, je les amènerai dans le profond de la mer;
The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
23 En sorte que ton pied soit teint dans du sang, que la langue de tes chiens le soit du sang de tes ennemis.
I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
24 Ils ont vu vos marches, ô Dieu, les marches de mon Dieu, de mon roi qui est dans le sanctuaire.
God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
25 Des princes joints à des joueurs de psaltérion ont précédé, au milieu de jeunes filles battant du tambour.
The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
26 Dans des assemblées bénissez Dieu, le Seigneur, vous sortis des sources d’Israël.
[They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
27 Là était le jeune Benjamin, dans l’extase de son esprit. Les princes de Juda, leurs chefs; les princes de Zabulon, les princes de Nephthali.
First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
28 Commandez, ô Dieu, à votre puissance; affermissez, ô Dieu, ce que vous avez opéré parmi nous.
God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
29 Du milieu de votre temple qui est dans Jérusalem, des rois vous offriront des présents.
Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
30 Réprimez les bêtes du roseau, assemblée de taureaux au milieu des vaches des peuples, afin de chasser ceux qui ont été éprouvés par l’argent.
Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
31 Des ambassadeurs viendront d’Égypte; l’Éthiopie tendra la première ses mains vers Dieu.
Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
32 Royaumes de la terre, chantez Dieu; jouez du psaltérion en l’honneur de Dieu,
[You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
33 Qui est monté sur le ciel du ciel, vers l’Orient.
Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
34 Donnez gloire à Dieu, au sujet d’Israël; sa magnificence et sa puissance éclatent dans les nues.
Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
35 Dieu est admirable dans ses saints, le Dieu d’Israël lui-même donnera puissance et force à son peuple: béni soit Dieu.
God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
