Psalms 138

1 Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me: 2 Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up. 3 Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out. 4 And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue. 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. 6 Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face? 8 If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. 9 If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: 10 Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures. 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. 13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb. 14 I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well. 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.

1 De David. Je veux te louer de tout mon cœur, te chanter sur la harpe, en présence des dieux. 2 Je veux me prosterner dans ton saint temple, et célébrer ton nom, à cause de ta bonté et de ta fidélité, parce que tu as fait une promesse magnifique, au-dessus de toutes les gloires de ton nom. 3 Le jour où je t’ai invoqué, tu m’as exaucé,
tu as rendu à mon âme la force et le courage. 4 Tous les rois de la terre te loueront, Yahweh,
quand ils auront appris les oracles de ta bouche. 5 Ils célébreront les voies de Yahweh,
car la gloire de Yahweh est grande. 6 Car Yahweh est élevé, et il voit les humbles,
et il connaît de loin les orgueilleux. 7 Si je marche en pleine détresse, tu me rends la vie,
tu étends ta main pour arrêter la colère de mes ennemis,
et ta droite ma sauve. 8 Yahweh achèvera ce qu’il a fait pour moi.
Yahweh, ta bonté est éternelle :
n’abandonne pas l’ouvrage de tes mains !