Psalms 42:5
3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
6 O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Why 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.
- ASV
- 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 [For] the help of his countenance.
- DARBY
- Why art thou cast down, my soul, and art disquieted in me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, [for] the health of his countenance.
- BLB
- Why are you cast down, O my soul, and in commotion within me? Wait for God, for still I will praise Him, for the salvation of His face.
- ÅB
- Hvorfor er du nedbøyet, min sjel, og bruser i meg? Bi etter Gud! for jeg skal enda prise ham for frelse fra hans åsyn.
- OTB
- Hvorfor er du nedtrykt, min sjel?
Og hvorfor er du urolig i meg?
Sett ditt håp til Gud, for jeg skal ennå prise ham
For hans frelsende nærvær, min Gud. - B1930
- Hvorfor er du nedbøiet, min sjel, og bruser i mig? Bi efter Gud! for jeg skal ennu prise ham for frelse fra hans åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 37:7
Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
Read in contextHebrews 10:36–37
You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Read in contextPsalms 61:2
From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Read in contextMatthew 1:23
“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
Read in contextPsalms 27:13–14
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Read in contextLamentations 3:24–26
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
Read in contextPsalms 56:3
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
Read in contextPsalms 43:5
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
Read in context