Psaumes 50
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Dieu va juger son peuple
50 Psaume d’Asaph[a].
Le Dieu suprême, ╵l’Eternel a parlé ╵et il a convoqué la terre
du levant du soleil ╵à son couchant.
2 De Sion, parfaite en beauté,
Dieu resplendit.
3 Qu’il vienne notre Dieu ! ╵Qu’il ne garde pas le silence !
Devant lui, un feu dévorant,
autour de lui, c’est l’ouragan.
4 Le ciel en haut, il le convoque,
et il convoque aussi la terre : ╵il vient pour gouverner son peuple.
5 « Rassemblez ceux qui me sont attachés,
ceux qui ont conclu avec moi ╵l’alliance par le sacrifice. »
6 Le ciel publiera sa justice,
c’est Dieu qui gouverne le monde.
Pause
7 Mon peuple, écoute, je te parle,
Israël, je témoigne contre toi,
moi qui suis Dieu, ton Dieu.
8 Ce n’est pas pour tes sacrifices ╵que je t’adresse des reproches :
j’ai constamment ╵tes holocaustes sous les yeux.
9 Je ne prendrai ╵ni des taureaux dans ton étable,
ni des boucs dans tes fermes,
10 car tous les animaux ╵des forêts sont à moi,
à moi, les bêtes par milliers ╵dans les montagnes !
11 Je connais tous les oiseaux des montagnes
et tous les animaux des champs ╵me sont à portée de la main.
12 Si j’avais faim, te le dirais-je ?
L’univers est à moi ╵et tout ce qu’il renferme.
13 Vais-je manger ╵la viande des taureaux,
ou m’abreuver ╵du sang des boucs ?
14 En sacrifice à Dieu ╵offre donc ta reconnaissance !
Accomplis envers le Très-Haut ╵les vœux que tu as faits.
15 Alors tu pourras m’appeler ╵au jour de la détresse :
je te délivrerai, ╵et tu me rendras gloire.
16 Au méchant aussi, Dieu s’adresse :
« Pourquoi rabâches-tu mes lois ?
Tu as mon alliance à la bouche,
17 mais tu détestes l’instruction
et tu rejettes mes paroles ╵au loin, derrière toi.
18 A peine as-tu vu un voleur, ╵tu deviens son complice,
et puis, tu fais cause commune ╵avec les adultères.
19 Ta bouche forge la malice.
Ta langue tisse le mensonge.
20 Lorsque tu t’assieds avec d’autres, ╵tu calomnies ton frère,
et tu jettes le déshonneur ╵sur le fils de ta mère.
21 Lorsque tu agissais ainsi ╵et que je n’ai rien dit,
as-tu vraiment imaginé ╵que je te ressemblais ?
Aussi je vais te corriger, ╵tout mettre sous tes yeux.
22 Comprenez donc cela, ╵vous qui ignorez Dieu,
sinon je vous déchirerai ╵et nul ne vous délivrera.
23 Qui, en guise de sacrifice, ╵m’offre de la reconnaissance, ╵celui-là me rend gloire,
et à celui qui règle son chemin,
je ferai voir ╵le salut que Dieu donne. »
Footnotes
- 50.1 Sur Asaph, voir 1 Ch 6.16-17, 24 ; 25.1 ; 2 Ch 35.15. Asaph était l’un des trois chefs de chœur de David ; il nous a laissé douze psaumes.
Psalm 50
King James Version
50 The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Psalm 50
International Standard Version
A song of Asaph.
The Acceptable Sacrifice
50 God, the Lord,[a] has spoken.
He has summoned the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting place.
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shined forth.
3 Our God has appeared and he has not been silent;
a devouring fire blazed before him,
and a mighty storm swirled around him.
4 He summoned the heavens above
and the earth below,[b]
to sit in judgment on his people.
5 “Assemble before me, my saints,
who have entered into my covenant by sacrifice.”
6 The heavens revealed his justice,
for God is himself the judge.
7 “Listen, my people,
for I am making a pronouncement:
Israel, I, God, your God, am testifying against you.
8 I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices;
indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me.
9 I will no longer accept a sacrificial[c] bull from your household;
nor goats from your pens.
10 Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine,
even the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds in the mountains;
indeed, everything that moves in the field is mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
for the world is mine along with everything in it.
13 Why should I eat the flesh of oxen
or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God a thanksgiving praise;
pay your vows to the Most High.
15 Call on me in the day of distress;
I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.”
16 As for the wicked, God says,
“How dare you recite my statutes
or speak about my covenant with your lips!
17 You hate instruction
and toss my words behind you.
18 When you see a thief, you befriend him,
and you keep company with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth free reign for evil,
and your tongue devises deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things you did, and I kept silent,
because you assumed that I was like you.
But now I am going to rebuke you,
and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes.”
22 Consider this, you who have forgotten God—
Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces
and there will be no deliverer:
23 Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me,
and I will reveal the salvation of God
to whomever continues in my way.”[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 50:1 Or The mighty God
- Psalm 50:4 The Heb. lacks below
- Psalm 50:9 The Heb. lacks sacrificial
- Psalm 50:23 Lit. sets a way
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