¹{Načelniku godbe. Pouk sinov Korahovih.} Kakor jelen koprni po potokih vodá, tako duša moja koprni po tebi, o Bog.

¹As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” .

²Žejna je duša moja Boga, mogočnega, živega Boga: Kdaj pridem in se prikažem pred obličjem Božjim?

²My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

³Solze moje so mi za hrano po dnevi in po noči, ko mi rekajo ves dan: Kje je Bog tvoj?

³My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

⁴Tega se spominjam, ko izlivam v sebi dušo svojo: kako sem šel s krdelom in jih spremljal do hiše Božje, z glasom radostnega petja in hvale, v množici, ki praznuje.

⁴These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.

⁵Kaj si tako žalostna, duša moja, in nepokojna v meni? Čakaj Boga, kajti še ga bom slavil, da je pomoč obličja mojega in moj Bog.

⁵Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

⁶Žalostna je v meni duša moja, zatorej se spominjam tebe iz dežele Jordanske in Hermonske, z gore Micarja.

⁶My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.

⁷Brezno kliče breznu ob šumenju slapov tvojih, vsi valovi in zagoni tvoji so se zgrnili name.

⁷Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.

⁸Vendar mi pošlje GOSPOD od dnevi milost svojo, in po noči bo z menoj hvalna pesem njemu, molitev k Bogu mogočnemu življenja mojega.

⁸ Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.

⁹Govoril bom Bogu mogočnemu, skali svoji: Zakaj me zabiš? zakaj mi je v žalosti hoditi zaradi zatiranja sovražnikovega?

⁹I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

¹⁰Kakor bi drobili kosti moje, me sramoté zatiralci moji, govoreč mi ves dan: Kje je Bog tvoj?Kaj si tako žalostna, duša moja, in nepokojna v meni? Čakaj Boga, kajti še ga bom slavil, da je pomoč obličja mojega in moj Bog.

¹⁰As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

¹¹Kaj si tako žalostna, duša moja, in nepokojna v meni? Čakaj Boga, kajti še ga bom slavil, da je pomoč obličja mojega in moj Bog.

¹¹Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.