Psalms 140

DOUAI-RHEIMS	JERUSALEM
1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:	1 Du maître de chant. Psaume de David.
2 thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.	2 Délivre-moi, Yahvé, des mauvaises gens, contre l'homme de violence défends-moi,
3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.	3 ceux dont le coeur médite le mal, qui tout le jour hébergent la guerre,
4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.	4 qui aiguisent leur langue ainsi qu'un serpent, un venin de vipère sous la lèvre.
5 Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.	5 Garde-moi, Yahvé, des mains de l'impie, contre l'homme de violence défends-moi, ceux quiméditent de me faire trébucher,
6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.	6 qui tendent un filet sous mes pieds, insolents qui m'ont caché une trappe et des lacets, m'ont posédes pièges au passage.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?	7 J'ai dit à Yahvé: C'est toi mon Dieu, entends, Yahvé, le cri de ma prière.
8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present.	8 Yahvé mon Seigneur, force de mon salut, tu me couvres la tête au jour du combat.
9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:	9 Ne consens pas, Yahvé, aux désirs des impies, ne fais pas réussir leurs complots. Que sur moi lesassiégeants ne dressent
10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.	10 leur tête, que la malice de leurs lèvres les accable;
11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.	11 qu'il pleuve sur eux des charbons de feu, que jetés à l'abîme ils ne se lèvent plus:
12 But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.	12 que le calomniateur ne tienne plus sur la terre, que le mal pourchasse à mort le violent!
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother's womb.	13 Je sais que Yahvé fera droit aux malheureux, fera justice aux pauvres.
14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.	14 Oui, les justes rendront grâce à ton nom, les saints vivront avec ta face.
15 My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
16 Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
17 But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
18 I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
19 If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
21 Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
22 I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
23 Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
24 And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.