Psalms

Psalm 42:5–6

5Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why the unease within me?

Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him

for the salvation of His presence.

6O my God, my soul despairs within me.

Therefore I remember You

from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon —

even from Mount Mizar.

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Psalm 42:5

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Whyמַה־mah-InterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
are you downcastתִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀tiš·tō·w·ḥă·ḥîVerb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person feminine singularH7817 bow, be bowed down, crouch
O my soulנַפְשִׁי֮nap̄·šîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
Why the uneaseוַתֶּהֱמִ֪יwat·te·hĕ·mîConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singularH1993 murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous
within meעָ֫לָ֥י‘ā·lāyPreposition; first person common singularH5921 height
Put your hopeהוֹחִ֣ילִיhō·w·ḥî·lîVerb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singularH3176 wait
in Godלֵֽ֭אלֹהִיםlê·lō·hîmPreposition-l; Noun - masculine pluralH430 God
forכִּי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
I will yetע֥וֹד‘ō·wḏAdverbH5750 a going round, continuance
praise Himאוֹדֶ֗נּוּ’ō·w·ḏen·nūVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine singularH3034 throw, cast
for the salvationיְשׁוּע֥וֹתyə·šū·‘ō·wṯNoun - feminine plural constructH3444 salvation
of His presenceפָּנָֽיו׃pā·nāwNoun - common plural construct; third person masculine singularH6440 face, before

Psalm 42:6

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
O my Godאֱ‍ֽלֹהַ֗י’ĕlō·hayNoun - masculine plural construct; first person common singularH430 God
my soulנַפְשִׁ֪יnap̄·šîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
despairsתִשְׁתּ֫וֹחָ֥חṯiš·tō·w·ḥāḥVerb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person feminine singularH7817 bow, be bowed down, crouch
within meעָלַי֮‘ā·layPreposition; first person common singularH5921 height
Thereforeעַל־‘al-PrepositionH5921 height
I remember Youאֶ֭זְכָּרְךָ’ez·kā·rə·ḵāVerb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singularH2142 remember
from the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץmê·’e·reṣPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singular constructH776 earth, land
of Jordanיַרְדֵּ֑ןyar·dênNoun - proper - feminine singularH3383 Jordan
and the peaks of Hermonוְ֝חֶרְמוֹנִ֗יםwə·ḥer·mō·w·nîmConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singularH2769 Hermons, its peaks
from Mountמֵהַ֥רmê·harPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singular constructH2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
Mizarמִצְעָֽר׃miṣ·‘ārNoun - masculine singularH4706 Mitsar

Cross-references

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Psalm 42:5 Psalm 37:7 · Hebrews 10:36–37 · Psalm 61:2 · Matthew 1:23 · Psalm 27:13–14 · Psalm 56:3 · Lamentations 3:24–26 · Psalm 43:5 · Psalm 42:11 · Romans 4:18–20 · Numbers 6:26 · 1 Samuel 30:6

Psalm 42:6 Psalm 61:2 · Jonah 2:7 · Deuteronomy 3:8–9 · Psalm 43:4 · Matthew 27:46 · Psalm 22:1 · 2 Samuel 17:22 · Deuteronomy 4:47–48 · Psalm 88:1–3 · Psalm 77:6–11 · Matthew 26:39

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.