1 L 'Éternel règne: les peuples tremblent; Il est assis sur les chérubins: la terre chancelle.

¶ The LORD reigns; the peoples shall tremble; he who sits above the cherubim reigns; the earth shall be moved.

2 L 'Éternel est grand dans Sion, Il est élevé au-dessus de tous les peuples.

The LORD is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.

3 Q u'on célèbre ton nom grand et redoutable! Il est saint!

Let them praise thy great and terrible name, for it is holy.

4 Q u'on célèbre la force du roi qui aime la justice! Tu affermis la droiture, Tu exerces en Jacob la justice et l'équité.

The king’s strength is that he loves judgment; thou dost establish equity; thou dost execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

5 E xaltez l'Éternel, notre Dieu, Et prosternez-vous devant son marchepied! Il est saint!

Exalt ye the LORD our God and worship at the footstool of his feet, which is holy.

6 M oïse et Aaron parmi ses sacrificateurs, Et Samuel parmi ceux qui invoquaient son nom, Invoquèrent l'Éternel, et il les exauça.

¶ Moses and Aaron are among his priests and Samuel among those that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

7 I l leur parla dans la colonne de nuée; Ils observèrent ses commandements Et la loi qu'il leur donna.

He spoke unto them in the pillar of fire; they kept his testimonies and the order that he gave them.

8 É ternel, notre Dieu, tu les exauças, Tu fus pour eux un Dieu qui pardonne, Mais tu les as punis de leurs fautes.

Thou didst answer them, O LORD our God; thou wast a God that didst forgive them, and an avenger for their works.

9 E xaltez l'Éternel, notre Dieu, Et prosternez-vous sur sa montagne sainte! Car il est saint, l'Éternel, notre Dieu!

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at the mountain of his holiness, for the LORD our God is holy.