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Psalms 43:5 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Psalms 43:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 43:514 words
HebrewMeaning
מַהmah
why?particleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨יtišətwōḥăḥiy
are you bowed downverbH7817
bow · bring down · couch · humble self ···
נַפְשִׁ/י֮napəšiy
O soul mynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
וּֽ/מַהwmah
and why?conjH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תֶּהֱמִ֪יtehĕmiy
are you in turmoilverbH1993
concourse · cry aloud · be disquieted · loud ···
עָ֫לָ֥/יʿālāy
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הוֹחִ֣ילִיhwōḥiyliy
waitverbH3176
have · make to) hope · be pained · stay ···
לֵֽ֭/אלֹהִיםlēʾlōhiym
for GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ע֣וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
אוֹדֶ֑/נּוּʾwōdenw
I will give thanks to himverbH3034
confess · praise · shoot · thank(-ful ···
יְשׁוּעֹ֥תyəšwʿōt
the salvation ofnounH3444
health · help · salvation · save ···
פָּ֝נַ֗/יpānay
face mynounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וֵֽ/אלֹהָֽ/יwēʾlōhāy
and God myconjH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
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 43:5

1. This Psalm is a short one; it satisfies the mental cravings of the hearers, without imposing too severe a trial on the hunger of those fasting. Let our soul feed upon it; our soul, which he who sings in this Psalm, speaks of as “cast down;” cast down, I suppose, either in consequence of some fist, or rather in consequence of some hunger he was in. For fasting is a voluntary act; being an-hungered is an involuntary thing. That which is an-hungered, is the Church, is the…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 43 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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