< 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.
聖歌隊の指揮者によってうたわせたコラの子のマスキールの歌 神よ、しかが谷川を慕いあえぐように、わが魂もあなたを慕いあえぐ。
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?”
わが魂はかわいているように神を慕い、いける神を慕う。いつ、わたしは行って神のみ顔を見ることができるだろうか。
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]?”
人々がひねもすわたしにむかって「おまえの神はどこにいるのか」と言いつづける間はわたしの涙は昼も夜もわたしの食物であった。
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.
わたしはかつて祭を守る多くの人と共に群れをなして行き、喜びと感謝の歌をもって彼らを神の家に導いた。今これらの事を思い起して、わが魂をそそぎ出すのである。
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.”
わが魂よ、何ゆえうなだれるのか。何ゆえわたしのうちに思いみだれるのか。神を待ち望め。わたしはなおわが助け、わが神なる主をほめたたえるであろう。
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.
わが魂はわたしのうちにうなだれる。それで、わたしはヨルダンの地から、またヘルモンから、ミザルの山からあなたを思い起す。
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.
あなたの大滝の響きによって淵々呼びこたえ、あなたの波、あなたの大波はことごとくわたしの上を越えていった。
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.
昼には、主はそのいつくしみをほどこし、夜には、その歌すなわちわがいのちの神にささげる祈がわたしと共にある。
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].
わたしはわが岩なる神に言う、「何ゆえわたしをお忘れになりましたか。何ゆえわたしは敵のしえたげによって悲しみ歩くのですか」と。
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.
わたしのあだは骨も砕けるばかりにわたしをののしり、ひねもすわたしにむかって「おまえの神はどこにいるのか」と言う。
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.”
わが魂よ、何ゆえうなだれるのか。何ゆえわたしのうちに思いみだれるのか。神を待ち望め。わたしはなおわが助け、わが神なる主をほめたたえるであろう。

< Psalms 42 >