11 C’est toi qui as écrasé Rahav, ╵le dragon d’Egypte, ╵le blessant à mort[a].
Par ton bras puissant ╵tu as dispersé tes ennemis.

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Footnotes

  1. 89.11 Voir Ps 87.4 et la note.

11 You crushed Rahab[a] with a deadly blow;
    you scattered your foes with your mighty arm.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:11 Rahab: a mythical sea monster that may be another name for Leviathan (see Pss 74:14; 104:26) and is used in the Old Testament primarily as a personification of the primeval chaos. Here it is a symbol of God’s dominance of the sea and all rebellious creatures. You scattered . . . arm: cited in Lk 1:51.