Psaumes 80

1 Psaume d'Asaph, [donné] au maître chantre, [pour le chanter] sur Sosannim-héduth. Toi qui pais Israël, prête l'oreille, toi qui mènes Joseph comme un troupeau, toi qui es assis entre les Chérubins, fais reluire ta splendeur.

[Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.

2 Réveille ta puissance au-devant d'Ephraïm, de Benjamin, et de Manassé; et viens pour notre délivrance.

Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!

3 Ô Dieu! ramène-nous, et fais reluire ta face; et nous serons délivrés.

God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]

4 Ô Eternel, Dieu des armées, jusques à quand seras-tu irrité contre la requête de ton peuple?

Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?

5 Tu les as nourris de pain de larmes, et tu les as abreuvés de pleurs à grande mesure.

[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!

6 Tu nous as mis pour un sujet de dispute entre nos voisins, et nos ennemis se moquent de nous entre eux.

You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.

7 Ô Dieu des armées ramène-nous, et fais reluire ta face; et nous serons délivrés.

God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!

8 Tu avais transporté une vigne hors d'Egypte; tu avais chassé les nations, et tu l'avais plantée.

[Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.

9 Tu avais préparé une place devant elle, tu lui avais fait prendre racine, et elle avait rempli la terre.

[Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].

10 Les montagnes étaient couvertes de son ombre, et ses rameaux étaient [comme] de hauts cèdres.

[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],

11 Elle avait étendu ses branches jusqu'à la mer, et ses rejetons jusqu'au fleuve.

[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].

12 Pourquoi as-tu rompu ses cloisons, de sorte que tous les passants en ont cueilli les raisins?

So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,

13 Les sangliers de la forêt l'ont détruite, et toutes sortes de bêtes sauvages l'ont broutée.

and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].

14 Ô Dieu des armées retourne, je te prie; regarde des cieux, vois, et visite cette vigne;

You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,

15 Et le plant que ta droite avait planté, et les provins que tu avais fait devenir forts pour toi.

who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!

16 Elle est brûlée par feu, elle est retranchée; ils périssent dès que tu te montres pour les tancer.

Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!

17 Que ta main soit sur l'homme de ta droite, sur le fils de l'homme que tu t'es fortifié.

But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.

18 Et nous ne nous retirerons point arrière de toi. Rends-nous la vie, et nous invoquerons ton Nom.

When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.

19 Ô Eternel! Dieu des armées, ramène-nous, [et] fais reluire ta face; et nous serons délivrés.

Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!