Salmos 42

1 Como el deseo de los ciervos por las corrientes de agua, así es el deseo de mi alma por ti, oh 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 tiene sed de Dios, del Dios viviente; ¿Cuándo puedo 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 alimento día y noche, mientras me dicen: ¿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 Deje que mi alma se desborde de pena cuando estas cosas vuelvan a mi mente, cómo fui en compañía de la casa de Dios, con la voz de alegría y alabanza, con el canto de los que estaban celebrando la fiesta.

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 estás abatida, oh alma mía? y porque estas preocupada en mi? pon tu esperanza en Dios; porque nuevamente le daré alabanza, quien es mi ayuda y mi Dios.

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, así que te tendré en cuenta; desde la tierra de Jordan y de los Hermonitas, del cerro 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, suena profundamente al ruido de tus cascadas; todas tus olas han ido rodando 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 Pero el Señor enviará su misericordia durante el día, y en la noche su canción estará conmigo, 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 Diré a Dios mi Roca, ¿Por qué me has dejado ir de tu memoria? ¿Por qué voy con pena debido a los ataques 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 crueles palabras de mis enemigos son como una herida a mis huesos; cuando me dicen todos los días, ¿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, oh alma mía? y por qué te turbas dentro de mi? pon tu esperanza en Dios; porque nuevamente le daré alabanza, quien es mi salvación y 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.”