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Psalms 42:5

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.

KJV

Quare tristis es, anima mea ? et quare conturbas me ? Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi, salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus.

Vulgate

ἵνα τί περίλυπος εἶ, ψυχή, καὶ ἵνα τί συνταράσσεις με; ἔλπισον ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν, ὅτι ἐξομολογήσομαι αὐτῷ· σωτήριον τοῦ προσώπου μου ὁ θεός μου.

LXX

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? Andwhy art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him Forthe help of his countenance.

ASV

אֵ֤לֶּה אֶזְכְּרָ֨ה וְ/אֶשְׁפְּכָ֬ה עָלַ֨/י נַפְשִׁ֗/י כִּ֤י אֶֽעֱבֹ֨ר בַּ/סָּךְ֮ אֶדַּדֵּ֗/ם עַד בֵּ֥ית אֱלֹ֫הִ֥ים בְּ/קוֹל רִנָּ֥ה וְ/תוֹדָ֗ה הָמ֥וֹן חוֹגֵֽג

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶדַּדֶּ֥ה
'ddh
verb · 2×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הֲמ֥וֹן
hmvn
noun · 83×
זְכָר
zkr
verb · 231×
חֹ֖ג
chg
verb · 16×
י
y
noun · 752×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
סָּךְ֮
sk
noun · 1×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹבֵ֣ר
'br
verb · 561×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
רִנָּֽה
rnh
noun · 33×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×
תוֹדָ֑ה
tvdh
noun · 32×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Those who do not yet actively experience within themselves a living faith in Christ or an assured confidence of heart, peace of conscience, a zeal for childlike obedience, and a glorying in God through Christ, but who nevertheless use the means through which God has promised to work these things in us — they ought not to be alarmed at the mention of reprobation, nor to count th…

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 30:6 — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the
  • 1Sam 30:6 — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the
  • 1Thess 5:8 — But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
  • 2Cor 4:9 — Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
  • Acts 2:28 — Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
  • Heb 6:19 — Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
  • Heb 10:36 — For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
  • Isa 36:7 — But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
  • Isa 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
  • Job 13:15 — Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • John 14:1 — Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
  • Lam 3:20 — My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
  • Lam 3:24 — The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
  • Luke 13:11 — And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
  • Mark 14:33 — And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
  • Matt 1:23 — Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • Matt 26:38 — Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
  • Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Num 6:26 — The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
  • Num 6:26 — The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
  • Ps 6:3 — My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
  • Ps 11:7 — For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.
  • Ps 27:13 — I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Ps 27:13 — I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Ps 35:14 — I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
  • Ps 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
  • Ps 38:6 — I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
  • Ps 42:11 — 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.
  • Ps 42:11 — 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.
  • Ps 43:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
  • Ps 43:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
  • Ps 44:3 — For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto t
  • Ps 44:3 — For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto t
  • Ps 55:4 — My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
  • Ps 56:3 — What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
  • Ps 56:11 — In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
  • Ps 61:2 — From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Ps 62:5 — My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
  • Ps 71:14 — But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
  • Ps 77:3 — I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.