- 1. 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 daytime, 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.
1."Вступись в тяжбу мою с народом недобрым". Писатель сознает свою невиновность перед преследователями и просит Бога о разбирательстве своего дела. "Народ недобрый" - все, восставшие на Давида и приверженцев его, т. е. сторонники Авессалома. "Под человеком лукавым" можно разуметь Авессалома, возбуждавшего народ ложными обвинениями на Давида.3."Пошли свет Твой и истину Твою" - пошли Твою милость ("свет"), защити от врагов. "Истина" - верность обетованиям и откровению, по которым праведник заслуживает награды, а грешник - кары. По исполнении этого обетования писатель надеется снова быть на горе Сион в "обителях" Господа, т. е. - при скинии, в местах обитания Господа.
