Psalms

Psalm 43:5

⁵Why are you downcast, O my soul?

Why the unease within me?

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

my Savior and my God.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
are you downcast	תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י׀	tiš·tō·w·ḥă·ḥî	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H7817 bow, be bowed down, crouch
O my soul	נַפְשִׁי֮	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
Why	וּֽמַה־	ū·mah-	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
the unease	תֶּהֱמִ֪י	te·hĕ·mî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular	H1993 murmur, growl, roar, be boisterous
within me	עָ֫לָ֥י	‘ā·lāy	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
Put your hope	הוֹחִ֣ילִי	hō·w·ḥî·lî	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular	H3176 wait
in God	לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים	lê·lō·hîm	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
for	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I will yet	ע֣וֹד	‘ō·wḏ	Adverb	H5750 a going round, continuance
praise Him	אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ	’ō·w·ḏen·nū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; third person masculine singular	H3034 throw, cast
my Savior	יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת	yə·šū·‘ōṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H3444 salvation
and my God	וֵֽאלֹהָֽי׃	wê·lō·hāy	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H430 God

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.