Psalms 42:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 43:5 : 5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Jer 30:17 : 17 Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the LORD, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for.”
  • Jer 33:6 : 6 But I will most surely heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. I will show them abundant peace and security.
  • Matt 9:12 : 12 When Jesus heard this he said,“Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do.

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    1Book 2(Psalms 42-72) For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

    2I thirst for God, for the living God. I say,“When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

    3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”

    4I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

    6I am depressed, so I will pray to you while in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

    7One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

    8By day the LORD decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the God of my life.

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    10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”

  • Ps 43:4-5
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    4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Ps 43:2
    79%

    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • Ps 88:14
    76%

    14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 13:1-2
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    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

    2How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

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    7But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!

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    14As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you.

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    5Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me hope.

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    3I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?

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    2Many say about me,“God will not deliver him.”(Selah)

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  • Ps 38:15
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    15Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God!

  • Ps 31:14
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    14But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare,“You are my God!”

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    1Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul!

  • Ps 77:2-3
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    2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

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    7God delivers me and exalts me; God is my strong protector and my shelter.

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    29I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

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    71%

    10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

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    10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me! O LORD, deliver me!”