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Psalms 42:5
Psalms 42:5 is verse 5 of Psalms chapter 42, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
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.
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.
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Psalms 42:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
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.
6 O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
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Psalms 42:11Why 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.
Psalms 35:14I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
Psalms 43:5Why 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.
Psalms 55:4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
Psalms 55:5Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
Psalms 61:2From 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.
Psalms 142:2I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
Psalms 143:4My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
Mark 14:33He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
Mark 14:34Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”
Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
Psalms 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
Psalms 56:3When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
Psalms 56:11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Psalms 71:14But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Lamentations 3:26It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
Romans 4:18Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
Romans 4:19Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
Romans 4:20Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
Hebrews 10:37For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
Psalms 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Psalms 91:16With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Numbers 6:26may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
Matthew 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
Matthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”