Psalms 72
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Louis Segond 1910
1A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!
1De Salomon. O Dieu, donne tes jugements au roi, Et ta justice au fils du roi!
2But my feet were almost moved; my steps had well nigh slipped.
2Il jugera ton peuple avec justice, Et tes malheureux avec équité.
3Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
3Les montagnes porteront la paix pour le peuple, Et les collines aussi, par l’effet de ta justice.
4For there is no regard to their death, nor is there strength in their stripes.
4Il fera droit aux malheureux du peuple, Il sauvera les enfants du pauvre, Et il écrasera l’oppresseur.
5They are not in the labour of men: neither shall they be scourged like other men.
5On te craindra, tant que subsistera le soleil, Tant que paraîtra la lune, de génération en génération.
6Therefore pride hath held them fast: they are covered with their iniquity and their wickedness.
6Il sera comme une pluie qui tombe sur un terrain fauché, Comme des ondées qui arrosent la campagne.
7Their iniquity hath come forth, as it were from fatness: they have passed into the affection of the heart.
7En ses jours le juste fleurira, Et la paix sera grande jusqu’à ce qu’il n’y ait plus de lune.
8They have thought and spoken wickedness: they have spoken iniquity on high.
8Il dominera d’une mer à l’autre, Et du fleuve aux extrémités de la terre.
9They have set their mouth against heaven: and their tongue hath passed through the earth.
9Devant lui, les habitants du désert fléchiront le genou, Et ses ennemis lécheront la poussière.
10Therefore will my people return here and full days shall be found in them.
10Les rois de Tarsis et des îles paieront des tributs, Les rois de Séba et de Saba offriront des présents.
11And they said: How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
11Tous les rois se prosterneront devant lui, Toutes les nations le serviront.
12Behold these are sinners; and yet abounding in the world they have obtained riches.
12Car il délivrera le pauvre qui crie, Et le malheureux qui n’a point d’aide.
13And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.
13Il aura pitié du misérable et de l’indigent, Et il sauvera la vie des pauvres;
14And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings.
14Il les affranchira de l’oppression et de la violence, Et leur sang aura du prix à ses yeux.
15If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.
15Ils vivront, et lui donneront de l’or de Séba; Ils prieront pour lui sans cesse, ils le béniront chaque jour.
16I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:
16Les blés abonderont dans le pays, au sommet des montagnes, Et leurs épis s’agiteront comme les arbres du Liban; Les hommes fleuriront dans les villes comme l’herbe de la terre.
17Until I go into the sanctuary of God, and understand concerning their last ends.
17Son nom subsistera toujours, Aussi longtemps que le soleil, son nom se perpétuera; Par lui on se bénira mutuellement, Et toutes les nations le diront heureux.
18But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.
18Béni soit l’Éternel Dieu, le Dieu d’Israël, Qui seul fait des prodiges!
19How are they brought to desolation? they have suddenly ceased to be: they have perished by reason of their iniquity.
19Béni soit à jamais son nom glorieux! Que toute la terre soit remplie de sa gloire! Amen! Amen!
20As the dream of them that awake, O Lord; so in thy city thou shalt bring their image to nothing.
20Fin des prières de David, fils d’Isaï.
21For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:
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22And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.
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23I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.
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24Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me.
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25For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?
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26For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.
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27For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.
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28But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the Lord God: That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
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