1. Dieu des vengeances, Eternel! Dieu des vengeances, parais!
2. Lève-toi, juge de la terre! Rends aux superbes selon leurs oeuvres!
3. Jusques à quand les méchants, ô Eternel! Jusques à quand les méchants triompheront-ils?
4. Ils discourent, ils parlent avec arrogance; Tous ceux qui font le mal se glorifient.
5. Eternel! ils écrasent ton peuple, Ils oppriment ton héritage;
6. Ils égorgent la veuve et l'étranger, Ils assassinent les orphelins.
7. Et ils disent: L'Eternel ne regarde pas, Le Dieu de Jacob ne fait pas attention!
8. Prenez-y garde, hommes stupides! Insensés, quand serez-vous sages?
9. Celui qui a planté l'oreille n'entendrait-il pas? Celui qui a formé l'oeil ne verrait-il pas?
10. Celui qui châtie les nations ne punirait-il point, Lui qui donne à l'homme l'intelligence?
11. L'Eternel connaît les pensées de l'homme, Il sait qu'elles sont vaines.
12. Heureux l'homme que tu châties, ô Eternel! Et que tu instruis par ta loi,
13. Pour le calmer aux jours du malheur, Jusqu'à ce que la fosse soit creusée pour le méchant!
14. Car l'Eternel ne délaisse pas son peuple, Il n'abandonne pas son héritage;
15. Car le jugement sera conforme à la justice, Et tous ceux dont le coeur est droit l'approuveront.
16. Qui se lèvera pour moi contre les méchants? Qui me soutiendra contre ceux qui font le mal?
17. Si l'Eternel n'était pas mon secours, Mon âme serait bien vite dans la demeure du silence.
18. Quand je dis: Mon pied chancelle! Ta bonté, ô Eternel! me sert d'appui.
19. Quand les pensées s'agitent en foule au dedans de moi, Tes consolations réjouissent mon âme.
20. Les méchants te feraient-ils siéger sur leur trône, Eux qui forment des desseins iniques en dépit de la loi?
21. Ils se rassemblent contre la vie du juste, Et ils condamnent le sang innocent.
22. Mais l'Eternel est ma retraite, Mon Dieu est le rocher de mon refuge.
23. Il fera retomber sur eux leur iniquité, Il les anéantira par leur méchanceté; L'Eternel, notre Dieu, les anéantira.
1. O God, in whose hands is punishment, O God of punishment, let your shining face be seen.
2. Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.
3. How long will sinners, O Lord, how long will sinners have joy over us?
4. Words of pride come from their lips; all the workers of evil say great things of themselves.
5. Your people are crushed by them, O Lord, your heritage is troubled,
6. They put to death the widow and the guest, they take the lives of children who have no father;
7. And they say, Jah will not see it, the God of Jacob will not give thought to it.
8. Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?
9. Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
10. He who is the judge of the nations, will he not give men the reward of their acts, even he who gives knowledge to man?
11. The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.
12. Happy is the man who is guided by you, O Jah, and to whom you give teaching out of your law;
13. So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
14. The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
15. But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.
16. Who will give me help against the sinners? and who will be my support against the workers of evil?
17. If the Lord had not been my helper, my soul would quickly have gone down into death.
18. If I say, My foot is slipping; your mercy, O Lord, is my support.
19. Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.
20. What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
21. They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
22. But the Lord is my safe resting-place; my God is the Rock where I am safe.
23. And he has made their evil designs come back on themselves, cutting them off in their sin; the Lord our God will put an end to them.
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