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.
Comme un cerf brame après les eaux courantes, ainsi mon âme soupire 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 entrerai-je et me présenterai-je devant la face 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]?”
Les larmes sont devenues mon pain jour et nuit, pendant qu'on me dit sans cesse: 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.
Voici ce que je me rappelle, et j'en repasse le souvenir dans mon cœur: c'est que je marchais entouré de la foule, je m'avançais à sa tête jusqu'à la maison de Dieu, avec des cris de joie et de louange, en cortège de fête.
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 frémis-tu en moi? Attends-toi à Dieu, car je le louerai encore; son regard est le salut!
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 Dieu, mon âme est abattue en moi; aussi je me souviens de toi au pays du Jourdain et des Hermons, au mont de Mitséar.
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.
Un abîme appelle un autre abîme au bruit de tes torrents; toutes tes vagues, tous tes flots ont passé 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.
De jour, l'Éternel enverra sa grâce, et de nuit son cantique sera dans ma bouche; je prierai le Dieu qui est 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].
Je dirai à Dieu, mon rocher: Pourquoi m'as-tu oublié? Pourquoi marcherai-je en 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, disant chaque jour: 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 pourquoi frémis-tu en moi? Attends-toi à Dieu, car je le louerai encore; il est mon salut et mon Dieu!
