Psalms 42:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַה־תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ וַתֶּהֱמִ֢י עָ֫לָ֥י הוֹחִ֣ילִי לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים כִּי־ע֥וֹד אוֹדֶ֗נּוּ יְשׁוּע֥וֹת פָּנָֽיו׃

Transliteration

Why-tištôḥăḥî napšî wa-tehĕmî upon-me hôḥîlî to-ʾĕlōhîm for-yet ʾôdenû yəšûʿôt pānāyw

Grammar Details

*tištôḥăḥî*: verb, hitpael imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - 'you bow down/are downcast'
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my soul'
*wa*: conjunction with vav consecutive - 'and'
*tehĕmî*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular - 'you moan/are disquieted'
*hôḥîlî*: verb, hiphil imperative, feminine singular - 'wait/hope'
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural with prefixed preposition lamed - 'for God'
*ʾôdenû*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'I will praise him'
*yəšûʿôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - 'salvations of'
*pānāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his face/presence'

Word Meanings

*tištôḥăḥî*: you bow down/are downcast/are in despair
*napšî*: my soul/my being/myself
*tehĕmî*: you moan/are disquieted/are in tumult
*hôḥîlî*: wait/hope/expect
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (plural form used for singular deity)
*yəšûʿôt*: salvations/deliverances/help
*pānāyw*: his face/his presence/his person

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
2 Sam 17:22 : 22 Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over the Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over the Jordan.
Jonah 2:7 : 7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
Ps 43:4 : 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
Deut 3:8-9 : 8 And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon; 9 [( which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir;)
Deut 4:47-48 : 47 And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising; 48 from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon),
2 Sam 17:27 : 27 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
Ps 22:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Ps 77:6-9 : 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search. 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more? 8 Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? {H5542} 10 And I said, This is my infirmity; [But I will remember] the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I will make mention of the deeds of Jehovah; For I will remember thy wonders of old.
Ps 88:1-3 : 1 A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee. 2 Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry. 3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
Ps 133:3 : 3 Like the dew of Hermon, That cometh down upon the mountains of Zion: For there Jehovah commanded the blessing, Even life for evermore.
Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Matt 27:46 : 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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Ps 57:1
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