卷二:诗篇42—72

流落异乡者的祷告

可拉后裔作的训诲诗,交给乐长。

42 上帝啊,我的心切慕你,
像鹿切慕溪水。
我心里渴慕上帝,
渴慕永活的上帝,
我何时才能去朝拜祂呢?
我不吃不喝,昼夜以泪洗面,
人们整天讥笑我:
“你的上帝在哪里?”
从前我带领众人浩浩荡荡去上帝的殿,
在欢呼、感恩声中一起过节。
我回想这些事,
心中无限忧伤。
我的心啊!
你为何沮丧?为何烦躁?
要仰望上帝,
因为我还要赞美祂——我的救主,我的上帝。

我的上帝啊,我心中沮丧,
便在约旦河、黑门山和米萨山想起你。
你的瀑布发出巨响,
回荡在深渊之间,
你的洪涛巨浪淹没我。
白天耶和华将祂的慈爱浇灌我;
夜间我歌颂祂,
向赐我生命的上帝祷告。
我对上帝——我的磐石说:
“你为何忘记我?
为何要我受仇敌的攻击,使我哀伤不已呢?”
10 仇敌的辱骂刺骨钻心。
他们整天对我说:
“你的上帝在哪里?”
11 我的心啊!
你为何沮丧?为何烦躁?
要仰望上帝,
因为我还要赞美祂——我的救主,我的上帝。

诗篇卷二

在异地渴慕朝见 神

可拉子孙的训诲诗,交给诗班长。

42  神啊!我的心渴慕你,

好象鹿渴慕溪水。

我的心渴想 神,就是永活的 神;

我甚么时候可以来朝见 神的面呢?

人整天对我说:“你的 神在哪里呢?”

我就昼夜以眼泪当饭吃。

我从前常常和群众同去,

与他们进到 神的殿里,

在欢呼和称谢声中,大家守节。

每逢想起这些事,我的心就感到难过。

我的心哪!你为甚么沮丧呢?

为甚么在我里面不安呢?

应当等候 神;

因为我还要称赞他,

他是我面前的救助、我的 神。

我的心在我里面沮丧;

因此我从约旦地,从黑门岭,

从米萨山,记念你。

你的瀑布一发声,深渊就和深渊响应;

你的洪涛和波浪都掩盖了我。

白天耶和华赐下他的慈爱;

夜间我要向他歌颂,

向赐我生命的 神祷告。

我要对 神我的盘石说:

“你为甚么忘记我呢?

我为甚么因仇敌的压迫徘徊悲哀呢?”

10 我的敌人整天对我说:

“你的 神在哪里呢?”

他们这样辱骂我的时候,

就像在击碎我的骨头。

11 我的心哪!你为甚么沮丧呢?

为甚么在我里面不安呢?

应当等候 神;

因为我还要称赞他,

他是我面前的救助、我的 神。

卷二:詩篇42—72

流落異鄉者的禱告

可拉後裔作的訓誨詩,交給樂長。

42 上帝啊,我的心切慕你,
像鹿切慕溪水。
我心裡渴慕上帝,
渴慕永活的上帝,
我何時才能去朝拜祂呢?
我不吃不喝,晝夜以淚洗面,
人們整天譏笑我:
「你的上帝在哪裡?」
從前我帶領眾人浩浩蕩蕩去上帝的殿,
在歡呼、感恩聲中一起過節。
我回想這些事,
心中無限憂傷。
我的心啊!
你為何沮喪?為何煩躁?
要仰望上帝,
因為我還要讚美祂——我的救主,我的上帝。

我的上帝啊,我心中沮喪,
便在約旦河、黑門山和米薩山想起你。
你的瀑布發出巨響,
迴盪在深淵之間,
你的洪濤巨浪淹沒我。
白天耶和華將祂的慈愛澆灌我;
夜間我歌頌祂,
向賜我生命的上帝禱告。
我對上帝——我的磐石說:
「你為何忘記我?
為何要我受仇敵的攻擊,使我哀傷不已呢?」
10 仇敵的辱罵刺骨鑽心。
他們整天對我說:
「你的上帝在哪裡?」
11 我的心啊!
你為何沮喪?為何煩躁?
要仰望上帝,
因為我還要讚美祂——我的救主,我的上帝。

Book Two

Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.

To the Chief Musician. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of the sons of Korah.

42 As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks,
So my [a]soul pants [longingly] for You, O God.

My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God.
When will I come and see the face of God?(A)

My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

These things I [vividly] remember as I pour out my soul;
How I used to go along before the great crowd of people and lead them in procession to the house of God [like a choirmaster before his singers, timing the steps to the music and the chant of the song],
With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a great crowd keeping a festival.


Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear];
Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.

Yet the Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song will be with me,
A prayer to the God of my life.


I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
10 
As a crushing of my bones [with a sword], my adversaries taunt me,
While they say continually to me, “Where is your God?”
11 
Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The [b]help of my countenance and my God.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 The Hebrew word translated “soul” in this psalm and elsewhere in the book of Psalms is nephesh. This word usually refers to a person’s “life” or “self,” but can also mean “throat,” as perhaps in vv 1, 2.
  2. Psalm 42:11 Or saving acts of.