BOOK II

Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42[a][b]

For the director of music. A maskil[c] of the Sons of Korah.

As the deer(A) pants for streams of water,(B)
    so my soul pants(C) for you, my God.
My soul thirsts(D) for God, for the living God.(E)
    When can I go(F) and meet with God?
My tears(G) have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”(H)
These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:(I)
how I used to go to the house of God(J)
    under the protection of the Mighty One[d]
with shouts of joy(K) and praise(L)
    among the festive throng.(M)

Why, my soul, are you downcast?(N)
    Why so disturbed(O) within me?
Put your hope in God,(P)
    for I will yet praise(Q) him,
    my Savior(R) and my God.(S)

My soul is downcast within me;
    therefore I will remember(T) you
from the land of the Jordan,(U)
    the heights of Hermon(V)—from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep(W)
    in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
    have swept over me.(X)

By day the Lord directs his love,(Y)
    at night(Z) his song(AA) is with me—
    a prayer to the God of my life.(AB)

I say to God my Rock,(AC)
    “Why have you forgotten(AD) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(AE)
    oppressed(AF) by the enemy?”(AG)
10 My bones suffer mortal agony(AH)
    as my foes taunt(AI) me,
saying to me all day long,
    “Where is your God?”(AJ)

11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
    Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
    for I will yet praise him,
    my Savior and my God.(AK)

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
  3. Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
  4. Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

在异域遭难时企望神

42 可拉后裔的训诲诗,交于伶长。

神啊,我的心切慕你,如鹿切慕溪水。
我的心渴想神,就是永生神,我几时得朝见神呢?
我昼夜以眼泪当饮食,人不住地对我说:“你的神在哪里呢?”
我从前与众人同往,用欢呼称赞的声音,领他们到神的殿里,大家守节。我追想这些事,我的心极其悲伤。
我的心哪,你为何忧闷?为何在我里面烦躁?应当仰望神,因他笑脸帮助我,我还要称赞他。
我的神啊,我的心在我里面忧闷,所以我从约旦地,从黑门岭,从米萨山,记念你。
你的瀑布发声,深渊就与深渊响应,你的波浪洪涛漫过我身。
白昼,耶和华必向我施慈爱;黑夜,我要歌颂、祷告赐我生命的神。
我要对神我的磐石说:“你为何忘记我呢?我为何因仇敌的欺压时常哀痛呢?”
10 我的敌人辱骂我,好像打碎我的骨头,不住地对我说:“你的神在哪里呢?”
11 我的心哪,你为何忧闷?为何在我里面烦躁?应当仰望神,因我还要称赞他,他是我脸上的光荣[a],是我的神。

Footnotes

  1. 诗篇 42:11 原文作:帮助。