Psalms 42:5

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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.

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  • Ps 42:11 : 11 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.
  • Ps 43:5 : 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
  • Ps 44:3 : 3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
  • Ps 71:14 : 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
  • Ps 77:3 : 3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
  • Lam 3:24-26 : 24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
  • Ps 55:4-5 : 4 My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
  • Ps 56:3 : 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
  • Ps 56:11 : 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
  • Ps 61:2 : 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
  • Num 6:26 : 26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
  • Ps 27:13-14 : 13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
  • Ps 37:7 : 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
  • Rom 4:18-20 : 18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb: 20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
  • Heb 10:36-37 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
  • Ps 35:14 : 14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • Matt 26:38 : 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Mark 14:33-34 : 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
  • Ps 91:15-16 : 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. 16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
  • Ps 142:2-3 : 2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
  • Ps 143:3-4 : 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

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  • Ps 42:6-11
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    95%

    6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

    7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

    8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

    9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

    10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

    11 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.

  • Ps 43:4-5
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    4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

    5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

  • 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Ps 42:1-4
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    1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

    2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

    3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

    4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

  • 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • 14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

  • 5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.

  • 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

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    3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

  • Ps 13:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

    2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

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    2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

  • 14 But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

  • Ps 77:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

    3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

  • 1 Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.

  • 7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;

  • 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

  • 1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.

  • 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

  • 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

  • 7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

  • 15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

  • 1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

  • 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

  • Lam 3:20-21
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    20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

    21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

  • 1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

  • 24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

  • Lam 3:17-18
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    17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

    18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

  • 10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.

  • 19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.

  • 20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

  • 18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

  • 16 Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

  • 11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.

  • 5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

  • 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

  • 1 In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

  • 1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation.