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.

Al maestro de coro. Maskil. De los hijos de Coré. Como el ciervo ansía las corrientes de aguas, así mi alma suspira por Ti, oh Dios,

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?”

porque mi alma tiene sed de Dios, del Dios vivo. ¿Cuándo vendré y estaré en la presencia de Dios?

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]?”

Mis lágrimas se han hecho mi pan de día y de noche, mientras se me dice continuamente: “¿Dónde está tu Dios?”

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.

Me acuerdo -y el recuerdo me parte el alma- de cómo caminaba yo al frente de la noble cohorte hacia la casa de Dios, entre cantares de júbilo y alabanza, en festivo cortejo.

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.”

¿Por qué estás afligida, alma mía, y te conturbas dentro de mí? Espera en Dios, pues aún he de alabar al que es mi salvación, mi Dios.

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.

Desfallece en mi interior mi alma, cuando de Ti me acuerdo; desde la lejana tierra del Jordán y del Hermón, desde la colina de Misar.

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.

Como, en el estruendo de tus cataratas, un abismo llama a otro abismo, así todas tus ráfagas y tus olas pasan sobre mí.

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.

De día gimo: “Mande Yahvé su gracia”, y de noche entono un cántico, la plegaria al Dios de mi vida.

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].

Digo a Dios: “Roca mía, ¿por qué me has olvidado, por qué he de andar afligido, bajo la opresión de mis enemigos?”

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.

Mis huesos se quebrantan cuando mis adversarios me hacen burla, diciendo uno y otro día: “¿Dónde está tu Dios?”

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.”

¿Por qué estás afligida, alma mía, y te conturbas dentro de mí? Espera en Dios, pues aún he de alabar al que es mi salvación, mi Dios.