Psaumes 99

1 L’Éternel règne: les peuples tremblent; Il est assis sur les chérubins: la terre chancelle.

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

2 L’Éternel 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 Qu’on célèbre ton nom grand et redoutable! Il est saint!

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

4 Qu’on célèbre la force du roi qui aime la justice! Tu affermis la droiture, Tu exerces en Jacob la justice et l’équité.

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

5 Exaltez l’Éternel, notre Dieu, Et prosternez-vous devant son marchepied! Il est saint!

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

6 Moïse et Aaron parmi ses sacrificateurs, Et Samuel parmi ceux qui invoquaient son nom, Invoquèrent l’Éternel, et il les exauça.

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 parla dans la colonne de nuée; Ils observèrent ses commandements Et la loi qu’il leur donna.

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

8 Éternel, notre Dieu, tu les exauças, Tu fus pour eux un Dieu qui pardonne, Mais tu les as punis de leurs fautes.

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

9 Exaltez l’Éternel, notre Dieu, Et prosternez-vous sur sa montagne sainte! Car il est saint, l’Éternel, notre Dieu!

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