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LIBRO SEGUNDO

Salmo 42

Sed de Dios en la angustia y en el destierro

Para el director del coro. Masquil[a] de los hijos de Coré.

42 Como el ciervo anhela las corrientes de agua,
Así suspira por Ti, oh Dios, el alma mía(A).
Mi alma tiene sed de Dios(B), del Dios viviente(C);
¿Cuándo vendré y me presentaré delante de Dios(D)?
Mis lágrimas han sido mi alimento de día y de noche(E),
Mientras me dicen todo el día: «¿Dónde está tu Dios(F)?».
Me acuerdo de estas cosas y derramo mi alma dentro de mí(G);
De cómo iba yo con la multitud y la guiaba hasta la casa de Dios(H),
Con voz de alegría y de acción de gracias(I), con la muchedumbre en fiesta.
¶¿Por qué te desesperas[b], alma mía(J),
Y por qué te turbas dentro de mí(K)?
Espera en Dios(L), pues he de alabarlo otra vez
Por la salvación de Su presencia(M).
Dios mío, mi alma está en mí deprimida;
Por eso me acuerdo de Ti(N) desde la tierra del Jordán(O),
Y desde las cumbres del Hermón(P), desde el monte Mizar.
Un abismo llama a otro abismo a la voz de Tus cascadas;
Todas Tus ondas y Tus olas han pasado sobre mí(Q).
De día mandará el Señor Su misericordia(R),
Y de noche Su cántico estará conmigo(S);
Elevaré una oración al Dios de mi vida(T).
¶A Dios, mi roca(U), diré: «¿Por qué me has olvidado?
¿Por qué ando sombrío(V) por la opresión del enemigo(W)?».
10 Como quien quebranta mis huesos, mis adversarios me afrentan,
Mientras me dicen todo el día: «¿Dónde está tu Dios(X)?».
11 ¿Por qué te desesperas, alma mía,
Y por qué te turbas dentro de mí?
Espera en Dios, pues lo he de alabar otra vez.
¡Él es la salvación de mi ser, y mi Dios(Y)!

Footnotes

  1. 42:0 Posiblemente, Salmo didáctico, o contemplativo.
  2. 42:5 O estás deprimida y así en el vers. 11.

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.

Book II

(Psalms 42–72)

Psalm 42

Longing for God and His Help in Distress

To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites.

As a deer longs for flowing streams,
    so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)
My soul thirsts for God,
    for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
    the face of God?(B)
My tears have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me continually,
    “Where is your God?”(C)

These things I remember,
    as I pour out my soul:
how I went with the throng[a]
    and led them in procession to the house of God,
with glad shouts and songs of thanksgiving,
    a multitude keeping festival.(D)
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help(E)     and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan and of Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep
    at the thunder of your torrents;
all your waves and your billows
    have gone over me.(F)
By day the Lord commands his steadfast love,
    and at night his song is with me,
    a prayer to the God of my life.(G)

I say to God, my rock,
    “Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I walk about mournfully
    because the enemy oppresses me?”(H)
10 As with a deadly wound in my body,
    my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
    “Where is your God?”(I)

11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
    my help and my God.(J)

Footnotes

  1. 42.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain