Psalms 42
1 Deer pant, desiring to drink water from a stream [when there is a drought] (OR, [when they are being pursued by hunters].) In the same way [SIM], God, I need you very much.
Au maître chantre. Hymne des fils de Coré. Comme une biche languit après les courants d'eau, ainsi mon âme languit après toi, ô Dieu!
2 I desire to have fellowship with [MET] you, the all-powerful God. [I wonder], “When will I be able to go [back to the temple in Israel] and worship in your presence again?”
Mon âme a soif de Dieu, du Dieu vivant. Quand viendrai-je, et paraîtrai-je en la présence de Dieu?
3 Every day and every night I cry; [it is as though] the only thing I have to drink is my tears; and while I do that, my enemies are continually asking me, “Why does your god not [help you]?”
Mes larmes sont mon aliment le jour et la nuit, depuis que chaque jour on me dit: « Où est ton Dieu? »
4 I am very distressed [IDM] as I remember when I went with the crowd of people to the temple [in Jerusalem], leading them as we walked along; we were all shouting joyfully and singing to thank God [for what he had done]; we were a large group who were celebrating.
Il m'en souvient, et je laisse mon cœur s'épancher: je m'avançais avec la foule, conduisant le cortège à la maison de Dieu, au milieu des chants, des hymnes, d'un concours solennel,
5 So [I say to] myself, “(Why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!) [RHQ] I confidently expect God [to help me], and again I will praise him, my God, the one who saves me.”
Pourquoi t'abats-tu, mon âme, et gémis-tu au dedans de moi? Espère en Dieu, je le louerai encore, lui, mon Sauveur et mon Dieu.
6 [But now, Yahweh], I am very discouraged [IDM], so I think about you, even from where the Jordan [River] gushes out from the bottom of Hermon [Mountain] and from Mizar Mountain.
Mon âme est abattue au dedans de moi: aussi pensé-je à toi des plages du Jourdain, des montagnes de l'Hermon, et du mont de Mitshar,
7 But here, the great sorrow that I feel is like water that you send down [MET]; [it is like] a waterfall that tumbles down and floods over me.
Une vague appelle une vague au grondement de tes cataractes; tous tes flots, toutes tes vagues passent sur moi.
8 Yahweh shows me each day that he faithfully loves me, and each night I sing to him and pray to him, the God who causes me to live.
Le jour, l'Éternel me dispensait sa grâce, et la nuit, sa louange était dans ma bouche, et je priais le Dieu de ma vie.
9 I say to God, [who is like] an [overhanging] rock [under which I can hide] [MET], “It seems that you have forgotten me. I (mourn/cry) constantly because my enemies act cruelly toward me” [RHQ].
[Aujourd'hui] je dois dire à Dieu, mon rocher: Pourquoi m'oublies-tu? Pourquoi vais-je menant deuil sous l'oppression de l'ennemi?
10 They make fun of me constantly; they continually ask, “Why does your god not help you?” [RHQ] And when they insult me [like that], [it is like] wounds that I feel even in my bones.
Mes os se brisent, quand mes ennemis m'outragent, et me disent tous les jours: « Où est ton Dieu? »
11 But [I think, ] “(Why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!) [RHQ] I will confidently expect God [to help me], and I will praise him again, my God, the one who saves me.”
Pourquoi t'abats-tu, mon âme, et gémis-tu au dedans de moi? Espère en Dieu, je le louerai encore, lui, mon Sauveur et mon Dieu.
