Psaumes 42
1 Jusqu'à la Fin. Psaume d'instruction des fils de Koré. Comme le cerf désire les fontaines des eaux, ainsi mon âme te désire, ô mon Dieu!
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.
2 Mon âme a eu soif du Dieu vivant; quand viendrai-je? quand paraîtrai-je devant la face de Dieu?
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?”
3 Mes larmes ont été mon pain nuit et jour, parce que chaque jour on m'a dit: Où est ton Dieu?
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]?”
4 Je m'en suis souvenu, et j'ai épanché mon âme en moi-même; car je pénétrerai dans le merveilleux tabernacle, jusqu'à la maison de Dieu, parmi les chants d'action de grâces et d'allégresse de ceux qui prennent part à une fête.
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.
5 O mon âme, pourquoi es-tu triste, et pourquoi me troubles-tu? Espère en Dieu; car je lui rendrai grâces, à lui mon salut et mon Dieu.
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.”
6 O mon Dieu! mon âme a été troublée en moi; aussi me souviendrai-je de toi sur la terre du Jourdain, et d'Hermonim, et de la petite montagne.
[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.
7 A la voix de tes cataractes, l'abîme appelle l'abîme. Toutes tes grandes vagues, tous tes flots ont passé sur moi.
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.
8 Le jour, le Seigneur commandera à sa miséricorde; la nuit, il la manifestera. Ma prière au Dieu de ma vie est en moi.
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.
9 Je dirai à Dieu: tu es mon champion; pourquoi m'as-tu oublié? D'où vient que je chemine tout abattu pendant que mon ennemi m'opprime?
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].
10 Pendant que mes os sont brisés, mes persécuteurs m'outragent en me disant chaque jour: Où est ton Dieu?
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.
11 O mon âme, pourquoi es-tu triste, et pourquoi me troubles-tu? Espère en Dieu; car je lui rendrai grâces, à lui le salut, à lui mon Dieu.
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.”
