| | King James | David Martin | American std |
| 1 | Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. | Psaume d'Asaph, donné au maître chantre, pour le chanter sur Sosannim-héduth. Toi qui pais Israël, prête l'oreille, toi qui mènes Joseph comme un troupeau, toi qui es assis entre les Chérubins, fais reluire ta splendeur. | Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that sittest [above] the cherubim, shine forth. |
| 2 | Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. | Réveille ta puissance au-devant d'Ephraïm, de Benjamin, et de Manassé; et viens pour notre délivrance. | Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. |
| 3 | Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | Ô Dieu! ramène-nous, et fais reluire ta face; et nous serons délivrés. | Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. |
| 4 | O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? | Ô Eternel, Dieu des armées, jusques à quand seras-tu irrité contre la requête de ton peuple? | O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? |
| 5 | Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. | Tu les as nourris de pain de larmes, et tu les as abreuvés de pleurs à grande mesure. | Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. |
| 6 | Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. | Tu nous as mis pour un sujet de dispute entre nos voisins, et nos ennemis se moquent de nous entre eux. | Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves. |
| 7 | Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | Ô Dieu des armées ramène-nous, et fais reluire ta face; et nous serons délivrés. | Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. |
| 8 | Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. | Tu avais transporté une vigne hors d'Egypte; tu avais chassé les nations, et tu l'avais plantée. | Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it. |
| 9 | Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. | Tu avais préparé une place devant elle, tu lui avais fait prendre racine, et elle avait rempli la terre. | Thou preparedst [room] before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. |
| 10 | The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. | Les montagnes étaient couvertes de son ombre, et ses rameaux étaient comme de hauts cèdres. | The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were [like] cedars of God. |
| 11 | She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. | Elle avait étendu ses branches jusqu'à la mer, et ses rejetons jusqu'au fleuve. | It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River. |
| 12 | Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? | Pourquoi as-tu rompu ses cloisons, de sorte que tous les passants en ont cueilli les raisins? | Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it? |
| 13 | The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. | Les sangliers de la forêt l'ont détruite, et toutes sortes de bêtes sauvages l'ont broutée. | The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, And the wild beasts of the field feed on it. |
| 14 | Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; | Ô Dieu des armées retourne, je te prie; regarde des cieux, vois, et visite cette vigne; | Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, |
| 15 | And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. | Et le plant que ta droite avait planté, et les provins que tu avais fait devenir forts pour toi. | And the stock which thy right hand planted, And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. |
| 16 | It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. | Elle est brûlée par feu, elle est retranchée; ils périssent dès que tu te montres pour les tancer. | It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. |
| 17 | Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. | Que ta main soit sur l'homme de ta droite, sur le fils de l'homme que tu t'es fortifié. | Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. |
| 18 | So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. | Et nous ne nous retirerons point arrière de toi. Rends-nous la vie, et nous invoquerons ton Nom. | So shall we not go back from thee: Quicken thou us, and we will call upon thy name. |
| 19 | Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. | Ô Eternel! Dieu des armées, ramène-nous, et fais reluire ta face; et nous serons délivrés. | Turn us again, O Jehovah God of hosts; Cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Psalm 81 For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. |
