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Psalm 42 Young's Literal Translation

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  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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YLT Young's Literal Translation
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 To the Overseer. — An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
1 Al Músico principal: Masquil á los hijos de Coré. COMO el ciervo brama por las corrientes de las aguas, así clama por ti, oh Dios, el alma mía.
2 My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
2 Mi alma tiene sed de Dios, del Dios vivo: ¡cuándo vendré, y pareceré delante de Dios!
3 My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where [is] thy God?'
3 Fueron mis lágrimas mi pan de día y de noche, mientras me dicen todos los días: ¿Dónde está tu Dios?
4 These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast!
4 Acordaréme de estas cosas, y derramaré sobre mí mi alma: cuando pasaré en el número, iré con ellos hasta la casa de Dios, con voz de alegría y de alabanza, haciendo fiesta la multitud.
5 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance — My God!
5 ¿Por qué te abates, oh alma mía, y te conturbas en mí? Espera á Dios; porque aun le tengo de alabar por las saludes de su presencia.
6 In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
6 Dios mío, mi alma está en mí abatida: acordaréme por tanto de ti desde tierra del Jordán, y de los Hermonitas, desde el monte de Mizhar.
7 Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me.
7 Un abismo llama á otro á la voz de tus canales: todas tus ondas y tus olas han pasado sobre mí.
8 By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song [is] with me, A prayer to the God of my life.
8 De día mandará Jehová su misericordia, y de noche su canción será conmigo, y oración al Dios de mi vida.
9 I say to God my rock, 'Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?
9 Diré á Dios: Roca mía, ¿por qué te has olvidado de mí? ¿Por qué andaré yo enlutado por la opresión del enemigo?
10 With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where [is] thy God?'
10 Mientras se están quebrantando mis huesos, mis enemigos me afrentan, diciéndome cada día: ¿Dónde está tu Dios?
11 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!
11 ¿Por qué te abates, oh alma mía, y por qué te conturbas en mí? Espera á Dios; porque aun le tengo de alabar; [es él] salvamento delante de mí, y el Dios mío.
Cross references (11)

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  1. 1 Psalm 63:1–2; Psalm 143:6–7; Psalm 119:131; Isaiah 26:8–9; Psalm 84:1–2
  2. 2 Psalm 63:1; Psalm 84:10; John 7:37; Psalm 27:4; Revelation 22:1
  3. 3 Psalm 79:10; Psalm 115:2; Joel 2:17; Psalm 42:10; Psalm 80:5
  4. 4 Isaiah 30:29; Psalm 62:8; 1 Samuel 1:15–16; Psalm 122:1; Nahum 1:15
  5. 5 Psalm 37:7; Hebrews 10:36–37; Psalm 61:2; Matthew 1:23; Psalm 27:13–14
  6. 6 Psalm 61:2; Jonah 2:7; Deuteronomy 3:8–9; Psalm 43:4; 2 Samuel 17:22
  7. 7 Jonah 2:3; Psalm 69:14–15; Psalm 88:7; Lamentations 3:53–55; Ezekiel 7:26
  8. 8 Psalm 16:7; Psalm 149:5; Psalm 63:6; Job 35:10; Deuteronomy 28:8
  9. 9 Psalm 38:6; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 43:2; Psalm 62:2; Psalm 28:1
  10. 10 Psalm 42:3; Joel 2:17; Luke 2:35; Proverbs 12:18; Micah 7:10
  11. 11 Psalm 42:5; Jeremiah 33:6; Jeremiah 30:17; Psalm 43:5; Matthew 9:12

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  1. Quotes verse 42:2 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XII, Chapters VIII–XI)

    Whence the soul, whose wandering has been made far away, may understand, if now she thirsts for Thee, if now her tears have become bread to her, while it is daily said unto her "Where is thy God?" if she now seeketh of Thee one thing, and desireth that she may dwell in Thy house all the days of her …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  2. Quotes verse 42:6 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters XII–XV)

    … because Thy Spirit was "borne over the waters," Thy mercy forsook not our misery, and Thou saidst, "Let there be light," "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Repent ye, let there be light. And because our soul was troubled within us, we remembered Thee, O Lord, from the land of Jordan, and that mountain equal unto …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 42:7 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XIII, Chapters XII–XV)

    But as yet "by faith, not by sight," for "we are saved by hope; but hope that is seen is not hope." As yet deep calleth unto deep but in "the noise of Thy waterspouts." And as yet doth he that saith, I "could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal," even he, as yet, doth …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)