Salmos 42

1 Como el ciervo brama por las corrientes de las aguas, así mi alma suspira por ti, o! 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 Mi alma tuvo sed de Dios, del Dios vivo: ¡cuándo vendré, y pareceré delante 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 Fueron mis lágrimas mi pan de día y de noche cuando me decían todos los días: ¿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 De estas cosas me acordaré, y derramaré sobre mí mi alma. Cuando pasaré en el número, iré con ellos hasta la casa de Dios con voz de alegría y de alabanza, bailando la multitud.

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 te abates, o! alma mía, y te enfureces contra mí? Espera a Dios; porque aun le tengo de alabar por las saludes de su presencia.

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, mi alma está abatida en mí: por tanto me acordaré de ti desde tierra del Jordán, y de los Hermonitas, desde el monte de 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 Un abismo llama a otro a la voz de tus canales: todas tus ondas y tus olas han pasado sobre mí.

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 De día mandará Jehová su misericordia, y de noche su canción conmigo, y mi 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 Diré a Dios: Roca mía, ¿por qué te has olvidado de mí? ¿Por qué andaré enlutado por la opresión del enemigo?

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 Es me muerte en mis huesos, cuando mis enemigos me afrentan, diciéndome cada día: ¿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 te abates, o! alma mía: y por qué te enfureces contra mí? Espera a Dios, porque aun le tengo de alabar, salud de mi presencia, y Dios mío.

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.”