Psaumes 99

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

The LORD reigns. Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim; the earth shakes.

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

The LORD is great in Zion. He is high 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 King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute 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. 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 among those who call on his name; they called on the LORD, and he answered them.

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 testimonies, the statute that 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.

You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.

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. Worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD, our God, is holy.