Psalms 43:5

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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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:5 : 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 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 42:2-11
    10 verses
    95%

    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.

    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.

    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
    80%

    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.

  • Ps 43:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

    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 39:7
    74%

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

  • Ps 88:14
    74%

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

  • Ps 71:14
    73%

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

  • Ps 62:5
    73%

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

  • Ps 143:4
    73%

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

  • Ps 146:1
    73%

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

  • Ps 3:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

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

    3 But your strength, O Lord, is round me, you are my glory and the lifter up of my head.

  • Ps 13:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    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 6:3
    73%

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

  • Ps 38:15
    72%

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

  • 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.

  • Ps 31:7
    72%

    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 130:5
    72%

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

  • Ps 25:1
    72%

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

  • Ps 77:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    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 31:14
    72%

    14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

  • Ps 116:7
    71%

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

  • Ps 69:29
    71%

    29 But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.

  • Ps 143:11
    71%

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

  • Ps 59:17
    71%

    17 To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.

  • 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.

  • Ps 16:9
    71%

    9 Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

  • Lam 3:24
    71%

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

  • Ps 30:10
    71%

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

  • Ps 31:24
    71%

    24 Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

  • Ps 56:13
    71%

    13 Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

  • 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 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 40:17
    71%

    17 Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

  • Ps 94:19
    71%

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

  • Ps 30:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1 <A Psalm. A Song at the blessing of the House. Of David.> I will give you praise and honour, O Lord, because through you I have been lifted up; you have not given my haters cause to be glad over me.

    2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.

  • Ps 63:5
    70%

    5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;

  • Ps 54:4
    70%

    4 See, God is my helper: the Lord is the great supporter of my soul.