Salmos 42
1 Assim como o cervo brama pelas correntes das aguas, assim brama a minha alma por ti, ó Deus!
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 A minha alma tem sêde de Deus, do Deus vivo: quando entrarei e me apresentarei ante a face de Deus?
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 As minhas lagrimas servem-me de mantimento de dia e de noite, emquanto me dizem constantemente: Onde está o teu Deus?
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 Quando me lembro d'isto, dentro de mim derramo a minha alma: pois eu havia ido com a multidão; fui com elles á casa de Deus, com voz d'alegria e louvor, com a multidão que festejava.
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 Porque estás abatida, ó alma minha, e porque te perturbas em mim? Espera em Deus, pois ainda o louvarei pela salvação da sua face.
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 Ó meu Deus, dentro de mim a minha alma está abatida; portanto lembro-me de ti desde a terra do Jordão, e desde os hermonitas, desde o pequeno monte.
[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 Um abysmo chama outro abysmo; ao ruido das tuas catadupas: todas as tuas ondas e as tuas vagas teem passado sobre mim.
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 Comtudo o Senhor mandará a sua misericordia de dia, e de noite a sua canção estará comigo, e a oração ao Deus da minha vida.
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 Direi a Deus, minha Rocha: Porque te esqueceste de mim? porque ando lamentando por causa da oppressão do inimigo?
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 Com ferida mortal em meus ossos me affrontam os meus adversarios, quando todo o dia me dizem: Onde está o teu Deus?
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 Porque estás abatida, ó alma minha, e porque te perturbas dentro de mim? espera em Deus, pois ainda o louvarei, o qual é a salvação da minha face, e o meu Deus
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.”
