Psalms 42:11 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 42:11

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

BSB

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ASV

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 help of my countenance, and my God.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

LETTER 22.6 (420)

When the inner person shows signs for a time of wavering between vice and virtue, say, "Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him who is the health of my countenance and my God." You must never let suggestions of evil grow on you or a babel of disorder win strength in your breast. Kill the enemy while he is small, and, that you may not have a crop of tares, nip the evil in the bud.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1226: “The Secret Of Health” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1875)

ANOTHER verse in this Psalm so attracts me that, though it is not my text, I cannot pass it by without a moment's notice. In the 5th verse the Psalmist says, "I shall yet praise Him for the help of His Countenance," and then follows the expression of the text, "who is the health of my countenance and my God." God's Countenance is our help and He, Himself is the health of our countenance! The best help a man can have in time of trouble is the Countenance of God!

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This brings on a renewed self-chiding, and excites hopes of relief. health--or help. of my countenance--(compare Ps 42:5) who cheers me, driving away clouds of sorrow from my face. my God--It is He of whose existence and favor my foes would have me doubt.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַה־	mah-	why?	H4100 →
תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀	tish.To.cha.Chi	are you bowed down	H7817 →
נַפְשִׁי֮	naf.Shi	O soul my	H5315 →
וּֽמַה־	u.mah-	and why?	H4100 →
תֶּהֱמִ֪י	te.he.Mi	are you in turmoil	H1993 →
עָ֫לָ֥י	'a.Lai	on me	H5921 →
הוֹחִ֣ילִי	ho.Chi.li	wait	H3176 →
לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים	Le.lo.him	for God	H430 →
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
ע֣וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ	'o.De.nu	I will give thanks to him	H3034 →
יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת	ye.shu.'Ot	[the] salvation<s> of	H3444 →
פָּ֝נַ֗י	pa.Nai	face my	H6440 →
וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃	Ve.lo.Hai	and God my	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
leads to
- Jeremiah 33:6
  Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 107:20
  He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit.
- 1 Peter 2:24
  He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Psalms 103:3
  He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- Exodus 15:26
  saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
Through
Psalms 42:5
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
leads to
- Psalms 37:7
  Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
- Hebrews 10:36–37
  You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
- Psalms 61:2
  From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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