Salmos 42

1 Para el director del coro. Un salmo (masquil) de los hijos de Coré. Como el ciervo brama por las aguas mansas, así mi alma tiene sed de ti, Dios.

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 Estoy sediento de Dios, del Dios viviente. ¿Cuándo podré ir y ver el rostro de Dios?

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 Mis lágrimas han sido mi único alimento, día y noche, mientras la gente me pregunta todo el día, “¿Dónde está tu Dios?”

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 Me siento inconsolable al recordar cuando caminaba entre las multitudes, guiándolos en una procesión hacia la casa del Señor, con cantos de alegría y canciones de agradecimiento de los adoradores en el festival.

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 ¿Por qué estoy tan desanimado? ¿Por qué me siento tan triste? Esperaré en el Señor; lo alabaré porque él es el único que me salva.

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 ¡Dios mío! Incluso aunque estoy decaído, todavía te recuerdo: desde la tierra del Jordán y Hermón, y desde el monte Mizar.

[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 Tu voz retumba en medio de aguas tormentosas, a través del sonido de cascadas. Tus olas furiosas se levantan contra mí y siento que me ahogo.

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 Pero cada día el Señor me muestra su amor; cada noche me da canciones para que las cante, una oración al Dios de mi 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 Clamo, “Mi Dios, mi roca, ¿Por qué me has olvidado? ¿Por qué debería andar por ahí llorando a causa del ataque de mis enemigos?”

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 Las burlas de mis atacantes quiebran mis huesos. Ellos siempre me preguntan, “¿Dónde está tu Dios?”

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 ¿Por qué estoy tan desanimado? ¿Por qué me siento tan triste? Esperaré en el Señor. Lo alabaré porque él es el único que me puede salvar, ¡Mi Dios!

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.”