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Psa 42:5 — Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and [why] art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Why art thou cast down		Heb. Why art thou bowed down. Psa 42:11; Psa 35:14; Psa 43:5; Psa 55:4,5; Psa 61:2; Psa 142:2,3; Psa 143:3,4; 1Sa 30:6; Mar 14:33,34
hope		Psa 27:13,14; Psa 37:7; Psa 56:3,11; Psa 71:14; Job 13:15; Isa 50:10; Lam 3:24-26; Rom 4:18-20; Hbr 10:36,37
praise him		or, give thanks
for the help, etc.		or, his presence is salvation. Psa 44:3; Psa 91:15,16; Num 6:26; Mat 1:23; Mat 28:20

Correlating Passages

Why art thou cast down

	Psa 42:11	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, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
	Psa 35:14	I behaved myself as though [he had been] my friend [or] brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth [for his] mother.
	Psa 43:5	Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
	Psa 55:4	My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
	Psa 55:5	Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
	Psa 61:2	From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock [that] is higher than I.
	Psa 142:2	I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
	Psa 142:3	When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
	Psa 143:3	For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
	Psa 143:4	Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
	1Sa 30:6	And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
	Mar 14:33	And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
	Mar 14:34	And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

hope

	Psa 27:13	[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
	Psa 27:14	Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
	Psa 37:7	Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
	Psa 56:3	What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
	Psa 56:11	In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
	Psa 71:14	But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.
	Job 13:15	Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
	Isa 50:10	Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
	Lam 3:24	The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
	Lam 3:25	The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
	Lam 3:26	[It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
	Rom 4:18	Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.
	Rom 4:19	And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
	Rom 4:20	He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
	Hbr 10:36	For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
	Hbr 10:37	For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

for the help, etc.

	Psa 44:3	For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
	Psa 91:15	He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I [will be] with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
	Psa 91:16	With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
	Num 6:26	The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
	Mat 1:23	Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
	Mat 28:20	Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 42:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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