Psaumes 20

1 Au maître de chant. Psaume de David. 2 Que Yahweh t’exauce au jour de la détresse, que le nom du Dieu de Jacob te protège ! 3 Que du sanctuaire il t’envoie du secours, que de Sion il te soutienne ! 4 Qu’il se souvienne de toutes tes oblations, et qu’il ait pour agréable tes holocaustes ! — Séla. 5 Qu’il te donne ce que ton cœur désire, et qu’il accomplisse tous tes desseins ! 6 Puissions-nous de nos cris joyeux saluer ta victoire, lever l’étendard au nom de notre Dieu ! Que Yahweh accomplisse tous tes vœux ! 7 Déjà je sais que Yahweh a sauvé son Oint ;
il l’exaucera des cieux, sa sainte demeure,
par le secours puissant de sa droite. 8 Ceux-ci comptent sur leurs chars,
ceux-là sur leurs chevaux ;
nous, nous invoquons le nom de Yahweh, notre Dieu. 9 Eux, ils plient et ils tombent ;
nous, nous nous relevons et tenons ferme. 10 Yahweh, sauve le roi ! —
Qu’il nous exauce au jour où nous l’invoquons.

1 Unto the end. A psalm for David. 2 In thy strength, O Lord, the king shall joy; and in thy salvation he shall rejoice exceedingly. 3 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire: and hast not withholden from him the will of his lips. 4 For thou hast prevented him with blessings of sweetness: thou hast set on his head a crown of precious stones. 5 He asked life of thee: and thou hast given him length of days for ever and ever. 6 His glory is great in thy salvation: glory and great beauty shalt thou lay upon him. 7 For thou shalt give him to be a blessing for ever and ever: thou shalt make him joyful in gladness with thy countenance. 8 For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. 9 Let thy hand be found by all thy enemies: let thy right hand find out all them that hate thee. 10 Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them. 11 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: and their seed from among the children of men. 12 For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish. 13 For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face. 14 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: we will sing and praise thy power.