Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 42:5 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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. {cast: Heb. bowed} {praise: or, give thanks} {for the...: or, his presence is salvation}”
Psalms 42:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where {is} thy God?
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.
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. {cast: Heb. bowed} {praise: or, give thanks} {for the...: or, his presence is salvation}
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. {the hill...: or, the little hill}
Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
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