1. Au chef des chantres. Psaume de David. Heureux celui qui s'intéresse au pauvre! Au jour du malheur l'Eternel le délivre;
2. L'Eternel le garde et lui conserve la vie. Il est heureux sur la terre, Et tu ne le livres pas au bon plaisir de ses ennemis.
3. L'Eternel le soutient sur son lit de douleur; Tu le soulages dans toutes ses maladies.
4. Je dis: Eternel, aie pitié de moi! Guéris mon âme! car j'ai péché contre toi.
5. Mes ennemis disent méchamment de moi: Quand mourra-t-il? quand périra son nom?
6. Si quelqu'un vient me voir, il prend un langage faux, Il recueille des sujets de médire; Il s'en va, et il parle au dehors.
7. Tous mes ennemis chuchotent entre eux contre moi; Ils pensent que mon malheur causera ma ruine:
8. Il est dangereusement atteint, Le voilà couché, il ne se relèvera pas!
9. Celui-là même avec qui j'étais en paix, Qui avait ma confiance et qui mangeait mon pain, Lève le talon contre moi.
10. Toi, Eternel, aie pitié de moi et rétablis-moi! Et je leur rendrai ce qui leur est dû.
11. Je connaîtrai que tu m'aimes, Si mon ennemi ne triomphe pas de moi.
12. Tu m'as soutenu à cause de mon intégrité, Et tu m'as placé pour toujours en ta présence.
13. Béni soit l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël, d'éternité en éternité! Amen! Amen!
1. <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
2. The Lord will keep him safe, and give him life; the Lord will let him be a blessing on the earth, and will not give him into the hand of his haters.
3. The Lord will be his support on his bed of pain: by you will all his grief be turned to strength.
4. I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.
5. My haters say evil against me, When will he be dead, and his name come to an end?
6. If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.
7. All my haters are talking secretly together against me; they are designing my downfall.
8. They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.
9. Even my dearest friend, in whom I had faith, who took bread with me, is turned against me.
10. But you, O Lord, have mercy on me, lifting me up, so that I may give them their punishment.
11. By this I see that you have pleasure in me, because my hater does not overcome me.
12. And as for me, you are my support in my righteousness, giving me a place before your face for ever.
13. May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.
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