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La Loi de l’Eternel, source du bonheur

Heureux l’homme ╵qui ne marche pas ╵selon les conseils ╵des méchants,
qui ne va pas se tenir ╵sur le chemin des pécheurs,
qui ne s’assied pas ╵en la compagnie ╵de ces gens qui se moquent de Dieu.
Toute sa joie il la met ╵dans la Loi de l’Eternel
qu’il médite jour et nuit.
Il prospère comme un arbre ╵implanté près d’un cours d’eau ;
il donne toujours son fruit ╵lorsqu’en revient la saison.
Son feuillage est toujours vert ;
tout ce qu’il fait réussit.
Tel n’est pas le cas ╵des méchants :
ils sont pareils à la paille[a] ╵éparpillée par le vent.
Aussi, lors du jugement, ╵ils ne subsisteront pas,
et nul pécheur ne se maintiendra ╵parmi la communauté des justes.
Oui car l’Eternel prend en compte ╵la voie suivie par les justes[b] ;
mais le sentier des méchants ╵les mène à la ruine.

Footnotes

  1. 1.4 Il s’agit de la bale, c’est-à-dire l’enveloppe du grain.
  2. 1.6 C’est-à-dire : car l’Eternel tient compte de la conduite des justes pour les rétribuer en conséquence.

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

Blessed is the one(A)
    who does not walk(B) in step with the wicked(C)
or stand in the way(D) that sinners take(E)
    or sit(F) in the company of mockers,(G)
but whose delight(H) is in the law of the Lord,(I)
    and who meditates(J) on his law day and night.
That person is like a tree(K) planted by streams(L) of water,(M)
    which yields its fruit(N) in season
and whose leaf(O) does not wither—
    whatever they do prospers.(P)

Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff(Q)
    that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand(R) in the judgment,(S)
    nor sinners in the assembly(T) of the righteous.

For the Lord watches over(U) the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.(V)

BOOK ONE

Psalms 1–41

The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly

Blessed (A)is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
(B)Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But (C)his delight is in the law of the Lord,
(D)And in His law he [b]meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree
(E)Planted by the [c]rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall (F)prosper.

The ungodly are not so,
But are (G)like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For (H)the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 1:1 wicked
  2. Psalm 1:2 ponders by talking to himself
  3. Psalm 1:3 channels