| | Darby | King James | American std |
| 1 | Vous, tous les peuples, entendez ceci; vous, tous les habitants du monde, prêtez l'oreille; | Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: | Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world, |
| 2 | Fils des gens du commun, et fils des grands, le riche et le pauvre pareillement: | Both low and high, rich and poor, together. | Both low and high, Rich and poor together. |
| 3 | Ma bouche dira des paroles de sagesse, et la méditation de mon coeur sera pleine d'intelligence; | My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. | My mouth shall speak wisdom; And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. |
| 4 | Je prêterai l'oreille au discours sentencieux, j'exposerai mon énigme sur la harpe. | I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. | I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. |
| 5 | Pourquoi craindrais-je au mauvais jour, quand l'iniquité de ceux qui me talonnent m'enveloppe? | Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? | Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, When iniquity at my heels compasseth me about? |
| 6 | Ils se confient en leurs biens et se glorifient en l'abondance de leurs richesses... | They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; | They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; |
| 7 | Un homme ne pourra en aucune manière racheter son frère, ni donner à Dieu sa rançon | None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: | None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him; |
| 8 | (Car précieux est le rachat de leur âme, et il faut qu'il y renonce à jamais), | (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) | (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) |
| 9 | Afin qu'il vive encore, à toujours, et qu'il ne voie pas la fosse. | That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. | That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption. |
| 10 | Car il voit que les sages meurent, que le sot et l'insensé périssent pareillement et laissent leurs biens à d'autres. | For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. | For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others. |
| 11 | Leur pensée intérieure est que leurs maisons durent à toujours, et leurs demeures de génération en génération; ils appellent les terres de leur propre nom. | Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. | Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names. |
| 12 | Pourtant l'homme qui est en honneur ne dure pas; il est semblable aux bêtes qui périssent. | Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. | But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish. |
| 13 | Ce chemin qu'ils tiennent est leur folie; mais ceux qui viennent après eux prennent plaisir aux propos de leur bouche. Sélah. | This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. | This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah |
| 14 | Ils gisent dans le shéol comme des brebis: la mort se repaît d'eux, et au matin les hommes droits domineront sur eux; et leur beauté va se consumer dans le shéol, sans qu'ils aient plus de demeure. | Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. | They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it. |
| 15 | Mais Dieu rachètera mon âme de la puissance du shéol, car il me prendra. Sélah. | But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. | But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. Selah |
| 16 | Ne crains pas quand un homme s'enrichit, quand la gloire de sa maison s'accroît; | Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; | Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased. |
| 17 | Car, lorsqu'il mourra, il n'emportera rien; sa gloire ne descendra pas après lui, | For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. | For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him. |
| 18 | Quoique pendant sa vie il bénît son âme (et on te louera, si tu te fais du bien), | Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. | Though while he lived he blessed his soul (And men praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself,) |
| 19 | Il s'en ira jusqu'à la génération de ses pères: ils ne verront jamais la lumière. | He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. | He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They shall never see the light. |
| 20 | L'homme qui est en honneur et n'a point d'intelligence, est comme les bêtes qui périssent. | Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. | Man that is in honor, and understandeth not, Is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 50 A Psalm of Asaph. |
