Psaumes 16

1Hymne de David. Garde-moi ô Dieu, car près de toi je me réfugie.

2Je dis à Yahweh : « Tu es mon Seigneur, toi seul es mon bien. »

3Les saints qui sont dans le pays, ces illustres, sont l’objet de toute mon affection.

4On multiplie les idoles, on court après les dieux étrangers ; je ne répandrai point leurs libations de sang, je ne mettrai pas leurs noms sur mes lèvres.

5Yahweh est la part de mon héritage et de ma coupe, c’est toi qui m’assures mon lot.

6Le cordeau a mesuré pour moi une portion délicieuse ; oui, un splendide héritage m’est échu.

7Je bénis Yahweh qui m’a conseillé ; la nuit même, mes reins m’avertissent.

8Je mets Yahweh constamment sous mes yeux, car il est à ma droite : je ne chancellerai point.

9Aussi mon cœur est dans la joie, mon âme dans l’allégresse, mon corps lui-même repose en sécurité.

10Car tu ne livreras pas mon âme au schéol, tu ne permettras pas que celui qui t’aime voie la corruption.

11Tu me feras connaître le sentier de la vie ; il y a plénitude de joie devant ta face, des délices éternelles dans ta droite.

1Tituli inscriptio, ipsi David. [Conserva me, Domine, quoniam speravi in te.

2Dixi Domino: Deus meus es tu, quoniam bonorum meorum non eges.

3Sanctis qui sunt in terra ejus, mirificavit omnes voluntates meas in eis.

4Multiplicatæ sunt infirmitates eorum: postea acceleraverunt. Non congregabo conventicula eorum de sanguinibus, nec memor ero nominum eorum per labia mea.

5Dominus pars hæreditatis meæ, et calicis mei: tu es qui restitues hæreditatem meam mihi.

6Funes ceciderunt mihi in præclaris; etenim hæreditas mea præclara est mihi.

7Benedicam Dominum qui tribuit mihi intellectum; insuper et usque ad noctem increpuerunt me renes mei.

8Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo semper: quoniam a dextris est mihi, ne commovear.

9Propter hoc lætatum est cor meum, et exsultavit lingua mea; insuper et caro mea requiescet in spe.

10Quoniam non derelinques animam meam in inferno, nec dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem. Notas mihi fecisti vias vitæ; adimplebis me lætitia cum vultu tuo: delectationes in dextera tua usque in finem.]

1The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for I have put trust in thee.

2I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my goods.

3To the saints, who are in his land, he hath made wonderful all my desires in them.

4Their infirmities were multiplied: afterwards they made haste. I will not gather together their meetings for blood offerings: nor will I be mindful of their names by my lips.

5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.

6The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.

7I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover my reins also have corrected me even till night.

8I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.

9Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.

10Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy holy one to see corruption.

11Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.