Psalm 42:5

American Standard Version

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 For the help of his countenance.

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Psalm 42:5 in other translations

Why are you in despair, my soul?
Why are you disturbed within me?
Hope in God!
For I shall still praise him for the saving help of his presence.

Psalm 42:5 · World English Bible

Psalm 42:5 in context

  1. 3My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
  2. 4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, How I went with the throng, and led them to the house of God, With the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holyday.
  3. 5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him For the help of his countenance.
  4. 6O 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.
  5. 7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

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