Psalms

Psalm 42:5

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.

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Word by word

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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

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

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

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.