KJV ¹ Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

NEG ¹ Cantique d'Asaph.
Mon peuple, écoute mes instructions!
Prête l'oreille aux paroles de ma bouche!

KJV ² I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

NEG ² J'ouvre la bouche par des sentences,
Je publie la sagesse des temps anciens.

KJV ³ Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

NEG ³ Ce que nous avons entendu, ce que nous savons,
Ce que nos pères nous ont raconté,

KJV ⁴ We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.

NEG ⁴ Nous ne le cacherons point à leurs enfants;
Nous dirons à la génération future les louanges de l'Eternel,
Et sa puissance, et les prodiges qu'il a opérés.

KJV ⁵ For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:

NEG ⁵ Il a établi un témoignage en Jacob,
Il a mis une loi en Israël,
Et il a ordonné à nos pères de l'enseigner à leurs enfants,

KJV ⁶ That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

NEG ⁶ Pour qu'elle soit connue de la génération future,
Des enfants qui naîtraient,
Et que, devenus grands, ils en parlent à leurs enfants,

KJV ⁷ That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:

NEG ⁷ Afin qu'ils mettent en Dieu leur confiance,
Qu'ils n'oublient pas les œuvres de Dieu,
Et qu'ils observent ses commandements,

KJV ⁸ And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

NEG ⁸ Afin qu'ils ne soient pas, comme leurs pères,
Une race indocile et rebelle,
Une race dont le cœur n'était pas ferme,
Et dont l'esprit n'était pas fidèle à Dieu.

KJV ⁹ The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

NEG ⁹ Les fils d'Ephraïm, armés et tirant de l'arc,
Tournèrent le dos le jour du combat.

KJV ¹⁰ They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;

NEG ¹⁰ Ils ne gardèrent point l'alliance de Dieu,
Et ils refusèrent de marcher selon sa loi.

KJV ¹¹ And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them.

NEG ¹¹ Ils mirent en oubli ses œuvres,
Ses merveilles qu'il leur avait fait voir.

KJV ¹² Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

NEG ¹² Devant leurs pères il avait fait des prodiges,
Au pays d'Egypte, dans les campagnes de Tsoan.

KJV ¹³ He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

NEG ¹³ Il fendit la mer et leur ouvrit un passage,
Il fit dresser les eaux comme une muraille.

KJV ¹⁴ In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.

NEG ¹⁴ Il les conduisit le jour par la nuée,
Et toute la nuit par un feu éclatant.

KJV ¹⁵ He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.

NEG ¹⁵ Il fendit des rochers dans le désert,
Et il donna à boire comme des flots abondants;

KJV ¹⁶ He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

NEG ¹⁶ Du rocher il fit jaillir des sources,
Et couler des eaux comme des fleuves.

KJV ¹⁷ And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.

NEG ¹⁷ Mais ils continuèrent à pécher contre lui,
A se révolter contre le Très-Haut dans le désert.

KJV ¹⁸ And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

NEG ¹⁸ Ils tentèrent Dieu dans leur cœur,
En demandant de la nourriture selon leur désir.

KJV ¹⁹ Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?

NEG ¹⁹ Ils parlèrent contre Dieu,
Ils dirent: Dieu pourrait-il
Dresser une table dans le désert?

KJV ²⁰ Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?

NEG ²⁰ Voici, il a frappé le rocher, et des eaux ont coulé,
Et des torrents se sont répandus;
Pourra-t-il aussi donner du pain,
Ou fournir de la viande à son peuple?

KJV ²¹ Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;

NEG ²¹ L'Eternel entendit, et il fut irrité;
Un feu s'alluma contre Jacob,
Et la colère s'éleva contre Israël,

KJV ²² Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:

NEG ²² Parce qu'ils ne crurent pas en Dieu,
Parce qu'ils n'eurent pas confiance dans son secours.

KJV ²³ Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

NEG ²³ Il commanda aux nuages d'en haut,
Et il ouvrit les portes des cieux;

KJV ²⁴ And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

NEG ²⁴ Il fit pleuvoir sur eux la manne pour nourriture,
Il leur donna le blé du ciel.

KJV ²⁵ Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

NEG ²⁵ Ils mangèrent tous le pain des grands,
Il leur envoya de la nourriture à satiété.

KJV ²⁶ He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

NEG ²⁶ Il fit souffler dans les cieux le vent d'orient,
Et il amena par sa puissance le vent du midi;

KJV ²⁷ He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

NEG ²⁷ Il fit pleuvoir sur eux la viande comme de la poussière,
Et comme le sable des mers les oiseaux ailés;

KJV ²⁸ And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

NEG ²⁸ Il les fit tomber au milieu de leur camp,
Tout autour de leurs demeures.

KJV ²⁹ So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;

NEG ²⁹ Ils mangèrent et se rassasièrent abondamment:
Dieu leur donna ce qu'ils avaient désiré.

KJV ³⁰ They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,

NEG ³⁰ Ils n'avaient pas satisfait leur désir,
Ils avaient encore leur nourriture dans la bouche,

KJV ³¹ The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.

NEG ³¹ Lorsque la colère de Dieu s'éleva contre eux;
Il frappa de mort les plus vigoureux,
Il abattit les jeunes hommes d'Israël.

KJV ³² For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.

NEG ³² Malgré tout cela, ils continuèrent à pécher,
Et ne crurent point à ses prodiges.

KJV ³³ Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.

NEG ³³ Il consuma leurs jours par la vanité,
Et leurs années par une fin soudaine.

KJV ³⁴ When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

NEG ³⁴ Quand il les frappait de mort, ils le cherchaient,
Ils revenaient et se tournaient vers Dieu;

KJV ³⁵ And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.

NEG ³⁵ Ils se souvenaient que Dieu était leur rocher,
Que le Dieu Très-Haut était leur libérateur.

KJV ³⁶ Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

NEG ³⁶ Mais ils le trompaient de la bouche,
Et ils lui mentaient de la langue;

KJV ³⁷ For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

NEG ³⁷ Leur cœur n'était pas ferme envers lui,
Et ils n'étaient pas fidèles à son alliance.

KJV ³⁸ But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

NEG ³⁸ Toutefois, dans sa miséricorde, il pardonne l'iniquité et ne détruit pas;
Il retient souvent sa colère et ne se livre pas à toute sa fureur.

KJV ³⁹ For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

NEG ³⁹ Il se souvint qu'ils n'étaient que chair,
Un souffle qui s'en va et ne revient pas.

KJV ⁴⁰ How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

NEG ⁴⁰ Que de fois ils se révoltèrent contre lui dans le désert!
Que de fois ils l'irritèrent dans la solitude!

KJV ⁴¹ Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.

NEG ⁴¹ Ils ne cessèrent de tenter Dieu,
Et de provoquer le Saint d'Israël.

KJV ⁴² They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.

NEG ⁴² Ils ne se souvinrent pas de sa puissance,
Du jour où il les délivra de l'ennemi,

KJV ⁴³ How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan.

NEG ⁴³ Des miracles qu'il accomplit en Egypte,
Et de ses prodiges dans les campagnes de Tsoan.

KJV ⁴⁴ And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.

NEG ⁴⁴ Il changea leurs fleuves en sang,
Et ils ne purent en boire les eaux.

KJV ⁴⁵ He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.

NEG ⁴⁵ Il envoya contre eux des mouches venimeuses qui les dévorèrent,
Et des grenouilles qui les détruisirent.

KJV ⁴⁶ He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.

NEG ⁴⁶ Il livra leurs récoltes aux sauterelles,
Le produit de leur travail aux sauterelles.

KJV ⁴⁷ He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost.

NEG ⁴⁷ Il fit périr leurs vignes par la grêle,
Et leurs sycomores par la gelée.

KJV ⁴⁸ He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

NEG ⁴⁸ Il abandonna leur bétail à la grêle,
Et leurs troupeaux au feu du ciel.

KJV ⁴⁹ He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

NEG ⁴⁹ Il lança contre eux son ardente colère,
La fureur, la rage et la détresse,
Une troupe de messagers de malheur.

KJV ⁵⁰ He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;

NEG ⁵⁰ Il donna libre cours à sa colère,
Il ne sauva pas leur âme de la mort,
Il livra leur vie à la mortalité;

KJV ⁵¹ And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

NEG ⁵¹ Il frappa tous les premiers-nés en Egypte,
Les prémices de la force sous les tentes de Cham.

KJV ⁵² But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.

NEG ⁵² Il fit partir son peuple comme des brebis,
Il les conduisit comme un troupeau dans le désert,

KJV ⁵³ And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

NEG ⁵³ Il les dirigea sûrement, pour qu'ils soient sans crainte,
Et la mer couvrit leurs ennemis.

KJV ⁵⁴ And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.

NEG ⁵⁴ Il les amena vers sa frontière sainte,
Vers cette montagne que sa droite a acquise.

KJV ⁵⁵ He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

NEG ⁵⁵ Il chassa devant eux les nations,
Leur distribua le pays en héritage,
Et fit habiter dans leurs tentes les tribus d'Israël.

KJV ⁵⁶ Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

NEG ⁵⁶ Mais ils tentèrent le Dieu Très-Haut et se révoltèrent contre lui,
Et ils n'observèrent point ses ordonnances.

KJV ⁵⁷ But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

NEG ⁵⁷ Ils s'éloignèrent et furent infidèles, comme leurs pères,
Ils tournèrent, comme un arc trompeur.

KJV ⁵⁸ For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

NEG ⁵⁸ Ils l'irritèrent par leurs hauts lieux,
Et ils excitèrent sa jalousie par leurs idoles.

KJV ⁵⁹ When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

NEG ⁵⁹ Dieu entendit, et il fut irrité;
Il repoussa fortement Israël.

KJV ⁶⁰ So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;

NEG ⁶⁰ Il abandonna la demeure de Silo,
La tente où il habitait parmi les hommes;

KJV ⁶¹ And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.

NEG ⁶¹ Il livra sa gloire à la captivité,
Et sa majesté entre les mains de l'ennemi.

KJV ⁶² He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.

NEG ⁶² Il mit son peuple à la merci du glaive,
Et il s'indigna contre son héritage,

KJV ⁶³ The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.

NEG ⁶³ Le feu dévora ses jeunes hommes,
Et ses vierges ne furent pas célébrées;

KJV ⁶⁴ Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

NEG ⁶⁴ Ses sacrificateurs tombèrent par l'épée,
Et ses veuves ne pleurèrent pas.

KJV ⁶⁵ Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

NEG ⁶⁵ Le Seigneur s'éveilla comme celui qui a dormi,
Comme un héros qu'a subjugué le vin.

KJV ⁶⁶ And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.

NEG ⁶⁶ Il frappa ses adversaires en fuite,
Il les couvrit d'un opprobre éternel.

KJV ⁶⁷ Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:

NEG ⁶⁷ Cependant il rejeta la tente de Joseph,
Et il ne choisit point la tribu d'Ephraïm;

KJV ⁶⁸ But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

NEG ⁶⁸ Il préféra la tribu de Juda,
La montagne de Sion qu'il aimait.

KJV ⁶⁹ And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.

NEG ⁶⁹ Et il bâtit son sanctuaire comme les lieux élevés,
Comme la terre qu'il a fondée pour toujours.

KJV ⁷⁰ He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

NEG ⁷⁰ Il choisit David, son serviteur,
Et il le tira des bergeries;

KJV ⁷¹ From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

NEG ⁷¹ Il le prit derrière les brebis qui allaitent,
Pour lui faire paître Jacob, son peuple,
Et Israël, son héritage.

KJV ⁷² So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

NEG ⁷² Et David les dirigea avec un cœur intègre,
Et les conduisit avec des mains intelligentes.