Psaumes 41
1 Au maître chantre. Cantique de David. Heureux celui qui s'intéresse au pauvre! Au jour du malheur l'Éternel le délivre;
Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles.
2 l'Éternel le garde et le conserve, et il jouira du bonheur sur la terre. Tu ne le livreras pas au caprice de ses ennemis.
Yahweh protects them and allows them to live [for a long time]. He enables them to be happy in the land [of Israel], and rescues them from their enemies.
3 L'Éternel le soutiendra sur le lit des souffrances; et toujours Tu fais prendre une tournure heureuse au mal qui l'étend sur sa couche.
When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them.
4 Je dis: Éternel! prends pitié de moi! guéris-moi! car j'ai péché contre toi.
[When I was sick], I said, “Yahweh, be merciful to me and heal me; [I know that I am sick because] I have sinned against you.”
5 Mes ennemis tiennent sur moi de méchants propos: « Quand mourra-t-il, et périra son nom? »
My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him [MTY]? (OR, he will not have [any descendants to continue] his name).”
6 L'un d'eux vient-il me voir, son langage est faux; son cœur se fait provision de malice; il s'en va, et il parle au dehors.
When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they [are concerned about me]. They listen to bad news about (me/my health). Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.
7 Entre eux contre moi mes ennemis chuchotent; contre moi ils complotent ma perte.
All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me.
8 « Quelque crime le met à la gêne; [disent-ils] le voilà gisant, il ne se relèvera pas. »
They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed [before he dies].”
9 Mon ami même, qui a ma confiance et mange mon pain, lève le talon contre moi.
Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who [often] ate with me, has (betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands) [IDM].
10 Mais toi, Éternel, aie pitié de moi, et me relève, afin que je puisse leur payer leur salaire!
But Yahweh, be merciful to me, and enable me to become healthy [again]. When you do that, I will be able to (pay back my enemies/get revenge on my enemies/cause my enemies to suffer like they caused me to suffer).
11 Ce qui me prouvera que tu m'aimes, c'est que je n'excite pas la joie de mon ennemi.
[If you enable me to] do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me.
12 Mais voici, tu me maintiens dans mon intégrité, et tu me placeras sous ton regard à jamais.
[I will know that] it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and [I will know that] you will let me be with you forever.
13 Béni soit l'Éternel, Dieu d'Israël, de l'éternité à l'éternité! Ainsi soit-il! ainsi soit-il!
Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship]; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so!
