Psalms 35
1 Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! Fight against [my enemies] when they fight me!
De David. Yahweh, combats ceux qui me combattent, fais la guerre à ceux qui me font la guerre!
2 Be [like] a shield [DOU] to protect me and come to help me!
Saisis le petit et le grand bouclier, et lève-toi pour me secourir!
3 Lift up your spear [DOU] and [throw it] at those who pursue me! Promise me that you will enable me to defeat [my enemies].
Tire la lance et barre le passage à mes persécuteurs; dis à mon âme: « Je suis ton salut! »
4 Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced! Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused!
Qu’ils soient honteux et confus ceux qui en veulent à ma vie; qu’ils reculent et rougissent ceux qui méditent ma perte!
5 Send your angel to pursue them, and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind!
Qu’ils soient comme la paille au souffle du vent, et que l’ange de Yahweh les chasse devant lui!
6 Cause the path on which they run to be dark and slippery as your angel pursues them!
Que leur voie soit ténébreuse et glissante, et que l’ange de Yahweh les poursuive!
7 Although I did not do anything wrong to them, they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into; they hid a net in which they would catch me.
Car sans cause ils ont caché leur filet pour ma ruine, sans cause ils ont creusé la fosse pour me faire périr.
8 Cause them to suddenly experience disaster! Cause them to be trapped in their own nets! Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear!
Que la ruine tombe sur lui à l’improviste, que le filet qu’il a caché le saisisse, qu’il y tombe et périsse!
9 Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me, I will be glad that you have rescued me.
Et mon âme aura de la joie en Yahweh, de l’allégresse dans son salut.
10 With my whole inner being [SYN] I will say, “There is no one like Yahweh [RHQ]! No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people [RHQ]. No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.”
Tous mes os diront: « Yahweh, qui est semblable à toi, délivrant le malheureux d’un plus fort que lui, le malheureux et le pauvre de celui qui le dépouille? »
11 People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know [anything] about.
Des témoins iniques se lèvent; ils m’accusent de choses que j’ignore.
12 In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone.
Ils me rendent le mal pour le bien; mon âme est dans l’abandon.
13 When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed [for them].
Et moi, quand ils étaient malades, je revêtais un sac, j’affligeais mon âme par le jeûne, et ma prière retournait sur mon sein.
14 I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving.
Comme pour un ami, pour un frère, je me traînais lentement; comme pour le deuil d’une mère, je me courbais avec tristesse.
15 But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it. They gathered around to make fun of me. Strangers struck me, and they would not stop.
Et maintenant que je chancelle, ils se réjouissent et s’assemblent, contre moi des calomniateurs s’assemblent à mon insu; ils me déchirent sans relâche.
16 Worthless people ridicule me and snarl at me.
Comme d’impurs parasites à la langue moqueuse, ils grincent des dents contre moi.
17 Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this? Rescue me from their attacking me; Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking me like [MET] lions [that are attacking other animals]
Seigneur, jusques à quand le verras-tu? Arrache mon âme à leurs persécutions, ma vie à la fureur de ces lions!
18 Then, when many of your people gather, I will praise you and I will thank you in front of all of them.
Je te louerai dans la grande assemblée, je te célébrerai au milieu d’un peuple nombreux.
19 Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat me and then rejoice! Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate me to (smirk/smile happily)!
Qu’ils ne se réjouissent pas à mon sujet, ceux qui m’attaquent sans raison! Qu’ils ne clignent pas des yeux, ceux qui me haïssent sans cause!
20 They do not talk peacefully to people; instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful.
Car leur langage n’est pas celui de la paix; ils méditent de perfides desseins contre les gens tranquilles du pays.
21 They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!”
Ils ouvrent toute large contre moi leur bouche, ils disent: « Ah! ah! notre œil a vu...! »
22 Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! Do not stay far from me!
Yahweh, tu le vois! Ne reste pas en silence, Seigneur, ne t’éloigne pas de moi!
23 Arise, my God, and plead my case in court, and successfully defend me!
Eveille-toi, lève-toi pour me faire justice, mon Dieu et mon Seigneur, pour prendre en main ma cause!
24 Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous, prove that I am innocent in order that my enemies will not be able to gloat [that I was judged to be guilty].
Juge-moi selon ta justice, Yahweh, mon Dieu, et qu’ils ne se réjouissent pas à mon sujet!
25 Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, “Yes, we have gotten rid of him [IDM] just like we desired!”
Qu’ils ne disent pas dans leur cœur: « Notre âme est satisfaite! » qu’ils ne disent pas: « Nous l’avons englouti! »
26 Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes to be completely defeated and disgraced; cause those who boast that they are much greater than me to be disgraced and dishonored!
Qu’ils rougissent et soient confondus tous ensemble, ceux qui se réjouissent de mon malheur! Qu’ils soient couverts de honte et d’ignominie, ceux qui s’élèvent contre moi!
27 But cause those who desire that I be acquitted to be happy and shout joyfully, and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great! He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.”
Qu’ils soient dans la joie et l’allégresse, ceux qui désirent le triomphe de mon droit; et que sans cesse ils disent: « Gloire à Yahweh, qui veut la paix de son serviteur! »
28 Then I will proclaim that you act righteously, and I will praise you all day long.
Et ma langue célébrera ta justice, ta louange tous les jours.
