Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

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.

Holman Bible

Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.

International Standard Version

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for once again I will praise him, since his presence saves me.

A Conservative Version

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified


Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.

Bible in Basic English

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

Darby Translation

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.

Julia Smith Translation

Why wilt thou be bowed down, O my soul? and be disturbed upon me? Hope upon God, for yet shall I praise him for the salvation of his face.

King James 2000

Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disturbed within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul, and disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, [for] the salvation of his presence.

Modern King James verseion

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and moan within me? Hope in God; for I shall praise Him for the salvation of His face.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul, and why art thou so disquieted within me? Put thy trust in God; for I will give him thanks for the help of his countenance.

NET Bible

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

New Heart English Bible

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.

The Emphasized Bible

Why shouldst thou be cast down, O my soul? And why shouldst thou moan over me? Wait thou for God, for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance -- My God!

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Psalm 42:5

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

4 These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival. 5 Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why have you become disturbed within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him
For the help of His presence.
6 and my God.My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Cross References

Psalm 42:11

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Psalm 44:3

for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.

Psalm 71:14

But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more.

Psalm 77:3

When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah

Numbers 6:26

the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

1 Samuel 30:6

And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

Job 13:15

Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.

Psalm 27:13-14

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!

Psalm 35:14

I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.

Psalm 37:7

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!

Psalm 38:6

I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.

Psalm 55:4-5

My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me.

Psalm 56:3

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

Psalm 56:11

in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psalm 61:2

from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,

Psalm 91:15-16

When he calls to me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.

Psalm 142:2-3

I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.

Psalm 143:3-4

For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let him who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.

Lamentations 3:24-26

"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him."

Matthew 1:23

"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel"(which means, God with us).

Matthew 26:38

Then he said to them, "My soul is very sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me."

Matthew 28:20

teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Mark 14:33-34

And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled.

Romans 4:18-20

In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, "So shall your offspring be."

Hebrews 10:36-37

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

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