Salmos 42
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
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).
2 Mi alma tiene sed de Dios(B), del Dios viviente(C);
¿Cuándo vendré y me presentaré delante de Dios(D)?
3 Mis lágrimas han sido mi alimento de día y de noche(E),
Mientras me dicen todo el día: «¿Dónde está tu Dios(F)?».
4 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.
5 ¶¿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).
6 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.
7 Un abismo llama a otro abismo a la voz de Tus cascadas;
Todas Tus ondas y Tus olas han pasado sobre mí(Q).
8 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).
9 ¶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)!
Psalm 42
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Book II
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
Longing for God and His Help in Distress
To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites.
1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
    so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)
2 My soul thirsts for God,
    for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
    the face of God?(B)
3 My tears have been my food
    day and night,
while people say to me continually,
    “Where is your God?”(C)
4 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)
5 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)  6     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.
7 Deep calls to deep
    at the thunder of your torrents;
all your waves and your billows
    have gone over me.(F)
8 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)
9 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
- 42.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 42
King James Version
42 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
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