1 Mictam de David, [donné] au maître chantre, [pour le chanter] sur Jonathelem-rehokim, touchant ce que les Philistins le prirent dans Gath. Ô Dieu! aie pitié de moi, car l'homme [mortel] m'engloutit [et] m'opprime, me faisant tout le jour la guerre.
2 Mes espions m'ont englouti tout le jour; car, ô Très-haut! Plusieurs me font la guerre.
3 Le jour auquel je craindrai je me confierai en toi.
4 Je louerai en Dieu sa parole, je me confie en Dieu, je ne craindrai rien; que me fera la chair?
5 Tout le jour ils tordent mes propos, et toutes leurs pensées tendent à me nuire.
6 Ils s'assemblent, ils se tiennent cachés, ils observent mes talons, attendant [comment ils surprendront] mon âme.
7 Leur moyen d'échapper c'est par outrage; ô Dieu, précipite les peuples en ta colère!
8 Tu as compté mes allées et venues; mets mes larmes dans tes vaisseaux; ne sont-elles pas écrites dans ton registre?
9 Le jour auquel je crierai à toi, mes ennemis retourneront en arrière; je sais que Dieu est pour moi.
10 Je louerai en Dieu sa parole, je louerai en l'Eternel sa parole.
11 Je me confie en Dieu, je ne craindrai rien; que me fera l'homme?
12 Ô Dieu, tes vœux seront sur moi; je te rendrai des actions de grâces.
13 Puisque tu as délivré mon âme de la mort, ne [garderais-tu] pas mes pieds de broncher, afin que je marche devant Dieu en la lumière des vivants?
1 To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.
2 \56:1\Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
3 \56:2\My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
4 \56:3\In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
5 \56:4\In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.
6 \56:5\Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
7 \56:6\They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
8 \56:7\By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.
9 \56:8\You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?
10 \56:9\When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.
11 \56:10\In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.
12 \56:11\In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.
13 \56:12\I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.
14 \56:13\Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.