| | Louis Segond | King James | American std |
| 1 | O Éternel ! tu es mon Dieu ; Je t'exalterai, je célébrerai ton nom, Car tu as fait des choses merveilleuses ; Tes desseins conçus à l'avance se sont fidèlement accomplis. | O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. | O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, [even] counsels of old, in faithfulness [and] truth. |
| 2 | Car tu as réduit la ville en un monceau de pierres, La cité forte en un tas de ruines ; La forteresse des barbares est détruite, Jamais elle ne sera rebâtie. | For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. | For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. |
| 3 | C'est pourquoi les peuples puissants te glorifient, Les villes des nations puissantes te craignent. | Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. | Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee. |
| 4 | Tu as été un refuge pour le faible, Un refuge pour le malheureux dans la détresse, Un abri contre la tempête, Un ombrage contre la chaleur ; Car le souffle des tyrans Est comme l'ouragan qui frappe une muraille. | For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. | For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. |
| 5 | Comme tu domptes la chaleur dans une terre brûlante, Tu as dompté le tumulte des barbares ; Comme la chaleur est étouffée par l'ombre d'un nuage, Ainsi ont été étouffés les chants de triomphe des tyrans. | Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. | As the heat in a dry place wilt thou bring down the noise of strangers; as the heat by the shade of a cloud, the song of the terrible ones shall be brought low. |
| 6 | L'Éternel des armées prépare à tous les peuples, sur cette montagne, Un festin de mets succulents, Un festin de vins vieux, De mets succulents, pleins de moelle, De vins vieux, clarifiés. | And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. | And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. |
| 7 | Et, sur cette montagne, il anéantit le voile qui voile tous les peuples, La couverture qui couvre toutes les nations ; | And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. | And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that covereth all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all nations. |
| 8 | Il anéantit la mort pour toujours ; Le Seigneur, l'Éternel, essuie les larmes de tous les visages, Il fait disparaître de toute la terre l'opprobre de son peuple ; Car l'Éternel a parlé. | He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. | He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it. |
| 9 | En ce jour l'on dira : Voici, c'est notre Dieu, en qui nous avons confiance, Et c'est lui qui nous sauve ; C'est l'Éternel, en qui nous avons confiance ; Soyons dans l'allégresse, et réjouissons-nous de son salut ! | And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. | And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Jehovah; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. |
| 10 | Car la main de l'Éternel repose sur cette montagne ; Et Moab est foulé sur place, Comme la paille est foulée dans une mare à fumier. | For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. | For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dung-hill. |
| 11 | Au milieu de cette mare, il étend ses mains, Comme le nageur les étend pour nager ; Mais l'Éternel abat son orgueil, Et déjoue l'artifice de ses mains. | And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. | And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth [his hands] to swim; but [Jehovah] will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands. |
| 12 | Il renverse, il précipite les fortifications élevées de tes murs, Il les fait crouler à terre, jusque dans la poussière. | And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. | And the high fortress of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust. |
