1 Vir die musiekleier. 'n Onderwysing van die kinders van Korag.
2 Soos 'n hert wat smag na waterstrome, so smag my siel na U, o God!
3 My siel dors na God, na die lewende God; wanneer sal ek ingaan en voor die aangesig van God verskyn?
4 My trane is my spys dag en nag, omdat hulle die hele dag vir my sê: Waar is jou God?
5 Hieraan wil ek dink en my siel uitstort in my: hoe ek gewoond was om voort te trek met die skare, hulle gelei het na die huis van God, met die stem van jubel en lof -- 'n feesvierende menigte!
6 Wat buig jy jou neer, o my siel, en is onrustig in my? Hoop op God; want ek sal Hom nog loof -- die verlossing van sy aangesig!
7 o My God, my siel buig hom neer in my; daarom dink ek aan U uit die land van die Jordaan en die Hermons, van die klein gebergte af.
8 Die vloed roep na die vloed by die gedruis van u waterstrome; al u bare en u golwe het oor my heengegaan.
9 Maar die HERE sal oordag sy goedertierenheid gebied, en in die nag sal sy lied by my wees, 'n gebed tot die God van my lewe.
10 Ek wil spreek tot God: My rots, waarom vergeet U my? Waarom gaan ek in die rou deur die vyande se verdrukking?
11 Met 'n doodsteek in my gebeente smaad my teëstanders my as hulle die hele dag vir my sê: Waar is jou God? [ (Psalms 42:12) Wat buig jy jou neer, o my siel, en wat is jy onrustig in my? Hoop op God, want ek sal Hom nog loof -- die verlossing van my aangesig en my God! ]
1 To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.
2 \42:1\Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.
3 \42:2\My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?
4 \42:3\My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God?
5 \42:4\Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.
6 \42:5\Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
7 \42:6\My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
8 \42:7\Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.
9 \42:8\But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
10 \42:9\I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?
11 \42:10\The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?
12 \42:11\Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.