BOOK II
Psalms 42–72
Psalm 42In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
For the director of music. A maskilTitle: Probably a literary or musical term of the Sons of Korah.
1As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
3My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
4These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
under the protection of the Mighty One42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
with shouts of joy and praise
among the festive throng.
5Why, 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.
6My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
7Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.
8By day the Lord directs his love,
at night his song is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9I say to God my Rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?”
10My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”
11Why, 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.
KITABU CHA PILI
(Zaburi 42–72)
Zaburi 42
Maombi Ya Mtu Aliye Uhamishoni
Kwa mwimbishaji. Utenzi wa wana wa Kora.
142:1 Ay 19:27; Yoe 1:20; Za 18:33; 119:131; Kum 10:7Kama vile ayala aoneavyo shauku vijito vya maji,
ndivyo nafsi yangu ikuoneavyo shauku, Ee Mungu.
242:2 Za 43:4; 143:6; 84:7; 63:1; Yos 3:10; 1The 1:9; Yn 7:37; Rum 9:26; 1Sam 14:19; Mt 16:16; 9:26Nafsi yangu inamwonea Mungu kiu, Mungu aliye hai.
Ni lini nitaweza kwenda kukutana na Mungu?
342:3 Ay 3:24; Mik 7:10; Za 79:10; 115:2; Yoe 2:17Machozi yangu yamekuwa chakula changu
usiku na mchana,
huku watu wakiniambia mchana kutwa,
“Yuko wapi Mungu wako?”
442:4 1Sam 1:15; Isa 2:2; 30:29; Yon 2:9; Ezr 3:13; Yos 6:5; Za 35:18; 109:30; 55:14; 122:1; 95:2; 100:4; 147:7Mambo haya nayakumbuka
ninapoimimina nafsi yangu:
Jinsi nilivyokuwa nikienda na umati wa watu,
nikiongoza maandamano kuelekea kwenye nyumba ya Mungu,
kwa kelele za shangwe na za shukrani
katikati ya umati uliosherehekea.
542:5 Mao 3:20; Mt 26:38; Za 9:1; 38:6; 77:3; 25:5; 71:14; 56:3, 11; 18:46; Ay 20:2; Isa 50:10Ee nafsi yangu, kwa nini unasononeka?
Kwa nini unafadhaika hivyo ndani yangu?
Weka tumaini lako kwa Mungu,
kwa sababu bado nitamsifu,
Mwokozi wangu na 642:6 Za 43:5; 63:6; 7:11; Mwa 13:10; Hes 13:29; Kum 3:8; 4:48Mungu wangu.
Nafsi yangu inasononeka ndani yangu;
kwa hiyo nitakukumbuka
kutoka nchi ya Yordani,
katika vilele vya Hermoni,
kutoka Mlima Mizari.
742:7 Eze 7:26; Mwa 1:2; 7:11; Za 69:2; Yon 2:3Kilindi huita kilindi,
katika ngurumo za maporomoko ya maji yako;
mawimbi yako yote pamoja na viwimbi
vimepita juu yangu.
842:8 Za 57:3; 16:7; 133:3; Mhu 5:18; 8:15; Kum 28:8Mchana Bwana huelekeza upendo wake,
usiku wimbo wake uko nami:
maombi kwa Mungu wa uzima wangu.
942:9 Za 18:31; 10:11; 35:14; 106:42; 9:13; 43:2; Ay 20:19Ninamwambia Mungu Mwamba wangu,
“Kwa nini umenisahau?
Kwa nini niendelee kuomboleza,
nikiwa nimeonewa na adui?”
1042:10 Za 89:51; 119:42; 44:16; 6:2; 102:8; Kum 32:27Mifupa yangu inateseka kwa maumivu makali
adui zangu wanaponidhihaki,
wakiniambia mchana kutwa,
“Yuko wapi Mungu wako?”
1142:11 Za 43:5Ee nafsi yangu, kwa nini unasononeka?
Kwa nini unafadhaika hivyo ndani yangu?
Weka tumaini lako kwa Mungu,
kwa sababu bado nitamsifu,
Mwokozi wangu na Mungu wangu.
