Psalms 42:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

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  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Ps 43:5 : 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Ps 44:3 : 3 For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.
  • Ps 71:14 : 14 But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.
  • Ps 77:3 : 3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.
  • Lam 3:24-26 : 24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him. 25 The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him. 26 It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
  • Ps 55:4-5 : 4 My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me. 5 Fear and shaking have come over me, with deep fear I am covered.
  • Ps 56:3 : 3 In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
  • Ps 56:11 : 11 In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.
  • Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.
  • Num 6:26 : 26 May the Lord's approval be resting on you and may he give you peace.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
  • Ps 27:13-14 : 13 I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living. 14 Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.
  • Rom 4:18-20 : 18 Who without reason for hope, in faith went on hoping, so that he became the father of a number of nations, as it had been said, So will your seed be. 19 And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children: 20 Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,
  • Heb 10:36-37 : 36 For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you. 37 In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.
  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
  • Ps 35:14 : 14 My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Truly, he will put an end to me; I have no hope; but I will not give way in argument before him;
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him. 34 And he said to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: be here a little time, and keep watch.
  • Ps 91:15-16 : 15 When his cry comes up to me, I will give him an answer: I will be with him in trouble; I will make him free from danger and give him honour. 16 With long life will he be rewarded; and I will let him see my salvation.
  • Ps 142:2-3 : 2 I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble. 3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.
  • Ps 143:3-4 : 3 The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead. 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

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  • Ps 42:6-11
    6 verses
    95%

    6 My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

    7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

    8 But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

    9 I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

    10 The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?

    11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • Ps 43:4-5
    2 verses
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    4 Then I will go up to the altar of God, to the God of my joy; I will be glad and give praise to you on an instrument of music, O God, my God.

    5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

  • Ps 43:2
    78%

    2 You are the God of my strength; why have you put me from you? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • Ps 42:1-4
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.

    2 My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

    3 My tears have been my food day and night, while they keep saying to me, Where is your God?

    4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

  • Ps 143:4
    75%

    4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • Ps 88:14
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    14 Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

  • Ps 62:5
    75%

    5 My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.

  • Ps 39:7
    74%

    7 And now, Lord, what am I waiting for? my hope is in you.

  • Ps 6:3
    74%

    3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

  • Ps 13:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> Will you for ever put me out of your memory, O Lord? will your face for ever be turned away from me?

    2 How long is my soul to be in doubt, with sorrow in my heart all the day? how long will he who is against me be given power over me?

  • Ps 3:2
    74%

    2 Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)

  • Ps 71:14
    73%

    14 But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

  • Ps 77:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

    3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

  • Ps 25:1
    73%

    1 <Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

  • Ps 31:7
    73%

    7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

  • Ps 116:7
    73%

    7 Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

  • Ps 146:1
    73%

    1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

  • Jonah 2:4
    73%

    4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

  • Ps 130:5
    73%

    5 I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.

  • Jonah 2:7
    72%

    7 I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.

  • Ps 38:15
    72%

    15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.

  • Ps 22:1
    72%

    1 <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

  • Ps 51:12
    72%

    12 Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.

  • Lam 3:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.

    21 This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.

  • Ps 57:1
    72%

    1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

  • Lam 3:24
    71%

    24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.

  • Lam 3:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 My soul is sent far away from peace, I have no more memory of good.

    18 And I said, My strength is cut off, and my hope from the Lord.

  • Ps 30:10
    71%

    10 Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper.

  • Ps 94:19
    71%

    19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.

  • Ps 71:20
    71%

    20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

  • Jer 8:18
    71%

    18 Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.

  • Ps 25:16
    71%

    16 Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

  • Ps 143:11
    71%

    11 Give me life, O Lord, because of your name; in your righteousness take my soul out of trouble.

  • Ps 142:5
    71%

    5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

  • Ps 102:10
    71%

    10 Because of your passion and your wrath, for I have been lifted up and then made low by you.

  • Ps 11:1
    71%

    1 <For the chief music-maker. Of David.> In the Lord put I my faith; how will you say to my soul, Go in flight like a bird to the mountain?

  • Ps 62:1
    71%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.