Psaumes 79
1 Cantique d'Asaph. O Dieu! les nations ont envahi ton héritage, profané ton saint temple, mis Jérusalem en ruines.
God, other people-groups have invaded your land. They have (desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship), and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem.
2 Elles ont livré les cadavres de tes serviteurs en proie aux oiseaux des Cieux, la chair de tes bien-aimés aux bêtes de la terre.
[Instead of burying] the corpses of your people [whom they killed], they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses,
3 Elles ont versé leur sang, comme de l'eau, autour de Jérusalem, et il n'y eut point de sépulture.
When they killed your people, your people’s blood flowed like water through [the streets of] Jerusalem, and there was [almost] no one [HYP] left to bury their corpses.
4 Nous sommes l'opprobre de nos voisins, le jouet et la risée des contrées d'alentour.
The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
5 Jusques à quand, Éternel, ne cesseras-tu d'être irrité, ta fureur s'embrasera-t-elle comme un feu?
Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your being angry [destroy us like] a burning fire [destroys things]?
6 Epanche ton courroux sur les nations qui t'ignorent, et sur les royaumes qui n'invoquent pas ton nom.
[Instead of being angry with us], be angry with the people-groups that do not know/worship you! Be angry with kingdoms whose people do not pray to you,
7 Car on a dévoré Jacob, et dévasté sa demeure.
because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country.
8 Ne nous garde pas la mémoire des crimes du passé! Hâte-toi de nous faire sentir tes compassions! car nous sommes très misérables.
Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged.
9 Sois-nous en aide, ô Dieu, notre Sauveur, pour l'honneur de ton nom! Et sauve-nous et pardonne nos fautes, pour l'amour de ton nom!
God, you have saved/rescued [us many times], [so] help us [now]; rescue us and forgive us for having sinned in order that other people will honor you [MTY].
10 Pourquoi faut-il que les nations disent: « Où est leur Dieu? » Que parmi les nations, à nos yeux, éclate la vengeance du sang de tes serviteurs qui fut répandu!
It is not right that [RHQ] other people-groups say [about us], “If their God [is very powerful], (surely he should help them/why does he not [help them])?” Allow us to see you punishing the people of other nations in return for their shedding our blood; they have killed many of us, your people.
11 Que devant toi parviennent les soupirs des captifs, par le pouvoir de ton bras sauve les enfants de la mort!
Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, and by your great power free those whom our enemies say that they will certainly execute.
12 Reverse à nos voisins sept fois dans leur sein les outrages dont ils t'outragèrent, Seigneur.
In return for their having [often] insulted you, punish them seven times as much!
13 Et nous, ton peuple, le troupeau dont tu es le pasteur, nous te rendrons grâces éternellement, et d'âge en âge nous redirons tes louanges.
After you do that, we, whom you [take care of like a shepherd takes care of] his sheep, will continue praising you; we will continue to praise you forever [HYP].
