Psaumes 99

1 Psaume de David. Le Seigneur a régné, que les peuples exhalent leur colère; il est assis sur les chérubins, que la terre tremble!

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

2 Le Seigneur est grand dans Sion; il est élevé au-dessus de tous les peuples.

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

3 Exaltez le Seigneur notre Dieu, et adorez l'escabeau de ses pieds; car il est saint.

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

4 L'honneur du roi aime la justice: tu as établi l'équité; tu as rendu la justice et le jugement en Jacob.

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

5 Exaltez le Seigneur notre Dieu, et adorez l'escabeau de ses pieds; car il est saint.

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

6 Moïse et Aaron ont été comptés parmi ses prêtres, et Samuel parmi ceux qui invoquent son nom. Ils invoquaient le Seigneur, et lui les exauçait.

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 parlait du milieu d'une colonne de nuée. Ils gardaient ses témoignages et les commandements qu'il donnait.

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud, they kept his commands and the statute he gave them.

8 Seigneur notre Dieu, tu les as écoutés; ô Dieu, tu leur as été propice, même en toi vengeant de tous leurs desseins.

Lord our God, you gave them answer. A God of forgiveness were you to them, who suffered their deeds to go unpunished.

9 Exaltez le Seigneur notre Dieu, et adorez-le sur sa montagne sainte; car le Seigneur notre Dieu est saint.

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