Psalms 39

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¹ Unto the end. A Psalm of David himself.	¹ Au maître de chant. À Yédoutoun. Psaume de David.
² I have waited expectantly for the Lord, and he was attentive to me.	² J’avais dit: “Je tiendrai bien ma route, je ne pécherai pas en paroles. Je mettrai un bœuf sur ma langue, tant que j’aurai sous les yeux le méchant.”
³ And he heard my prayers and he led me out of the pit of misery and the quagmire. And he stationed my feet upon a rock, and he directed my steps.	³ Je m’enfermais dans le silence, je me taisais, mais son bonheur me rendait fou.
⁴ And he sent a new canticle into my mouth, a song to our God. Many will see, and they will fear; and they will hope in the Lord.	⁴ Mon cœur bouillait en moi, le scandale entretenait le feu, il a fallu que je parle:
⁵ Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.	⁵ “Fais-moi savoir, Seigneur, ce que sera ma fin et quelle sera la mesure de mes jours, que je sache combien je suis fragile.”
⁶ You have accomplished your many wonders, O Lord my God, and there is no one similar to you in your thoughts. I have announced and I have spoken: they are multiplied beyond number.	⁶ Tu m’as donné mes jours à la petite mesure, à ton échelle ma durée n’est rien: en vérité, les humains ne pèsent guère.
⁷ Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.	⁷ L’homme fait son chemin, tout comme une ombre; il se démène, mais il n’est qu’un souffle; il accumule, mais il ne sait qui aura le tout.
⁸ Then I said, “Behold, I draw near.” At the head of the book, it has been written of me:	⁸ Alors, que puis-je attendre, Seigneur? Je mettrai en toi mon espérance.
⁹ that I should do your will. My God, I have willed it. And your law is in the midst of my heart.	⁹ Délivre-moi de toutes mes fautes, ne me fais pas honte devant les incroyants.
¹⁰ I have announced your justice in a great Church: behold, I will not restrain my lips. O Lord, you have known it.	¹⁰ Je vais me taire, je n’ouvre plus la bouche, puisque c’est toi qui agis.
¹¹ I have not concealed your justice within my heart. I have spoken your truth and your salvation. I have not concealed your mercy and your truth from a great assembly.	¹¹ Détourne de moi tes coups, ta main m’a frappé jusqu’à m’achever.
¹² O Lord, do not take your tender mercies far from me. Your mercy and your truth ever sustain me.	¹² Car tu corriges l’homme en punissant la faute, tu ronges, comme la teigne, tout ce qui lui était cher. C’est vrai, l’homme n’est qu’un souffle.
¹³ For evils without number have surrounded me. My iniquities have taken hold of me, and I was not able to see. They have been multiplied beyond the hairs of my head. And my heart has forsaken me.	¹³ Seigneur, écoute ma prière, prête l’oreille à mon cri, ne reste pas sourd à mes pleurs. Je ne suis qu’un hôte sur tes terres, rien qu’un passant, comme ont été mes pères.
¹⁴ Be pleased, O Lord, to rescue me. Look down, O Lord, to help me.	¹⁴ Ne me regarde plus ainsi, que je respire, avant que je parte et ne sois plus rien.
¹⁵ Let them together be confounded and awed, who seek after my soul to steal it away. Let them be turned back and be in awe, who wish evils upon me.
¹⁶ Let them bear their confusion all at once, who say to me, “Well, well.”
¹⁷ Let all who seek you exult and rejoice over you. And let those who love your salvation always say, “May the Lord be magnified.”
¹⁸ But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.