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Psalm 42:11 KJV
Psalms · chapter 42 · verse 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.Psalm 42:11 · King James Version
What Psalm 42:11 means
He asks his own soul a question and doesn't get an answer, which is how this usually goes. Hope thou in God is a command he gives himself. And yet is the word carrying the verse — I shall yet praise him, said before anything has improved.
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Psalm 42:11 in context
9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11Why 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- countenancepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- disquietedhâmâhto make a loud soundH1993 →
- praiseyâdâhphysically, to throw at or awayH3034 →
- healthyᵉshûwʻâhsomething savedH3444 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- hopeyâchalto waitH3176 →
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Complaints and comforts here, as before, take their turn, like day and night in the course of nature. I. He complains of the dejections of his spirit, but comforts himself with the thoughts of God, Psa 42:6. 1. In his troubles.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11