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Psalms 42:5 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 42:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 42:517 words
HebrewMeaning
אֵ֤לֶּהʾēleh
these thingsprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
אֶזְכְּרָ֨הʾezəkərāh
I will rememberverbH2142
burn · earnestly · mention · be mindful ···
וְ/אֶשְׁפְּכָ֬הwəʾešəpəkāh
and I will pour outconjH8210
gush out · pour · shed(-der · out) ···
עָלַ֨/יʿālay
on myselfpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
נַפְשִׁ֗/יnapəšiy
soul mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
כִּ֤יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֶֽעֱבֹ֨רʾeʿĕbōr
I passed onverbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
בַּ/סָּךְ֮basākə
with the crowdpronH5519
אֶדַּדֵּ֗/םʾedadēm
I led themverbH1718
with)
עַדʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
בֵּ֥יתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
אֱלֹ֫הִ֥יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בְּ/קוֹלbəqwōl
with the sound ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
רִנָּ֥הrināh
a shout of joynounH7440
gladness · joy · proclamation · rejoicing ···
וְ/תוֹדָ֗הwətwōdāh
and thanksgivingconjH8426
praise · thanks(-giving · offering)
הָמ֥וֹןhāmwōn
a multitudenounH1995
company · many · multitude · multiply ···
חוֹגֵֽגḥwōgēg
celebrating a festivalverbH2287
dance · (keep · hold) a feast · reel to and fro
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 42:5

1. We have undertaken the exposition of a Psalm corresponding to your own “longings,” on which we propose to speak to you. For the Psalm itself begins with a certain pious “longing;” and he who sings so, says, “Like as the hart desires the water-brooks, so longs my soul after You, O God” Psalm 41:1. Who is it then that says this? It is ourselves, if we be but willing! And why ask, who it is other than yourself, when it is in your power to be the thing which you are asking…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 42 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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The psalmist is saying that even in the midst of doubt and darkness, there's a hunger for God. 'Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God.' It's not that the ...
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