Psalms 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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
down	תִּשְׁתּ֬וֹחֲחִ֨י tish.To.cha.Chi	H7817	to sink or depress (reflexive or causative) · verb, hithpael imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
soul	נַפְשִׁי֮ naf.Shi	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
disquieted	תֶּהֱמִ֪י te.he.Mi	H1993	to make a loud sound (like English 'hum') · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
hope	הוֹחִ֣ילִי ho.Chi.li	H3176	to wait · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person feminine singular
God	לֵֽ֭אלֹהִים Le.lo.him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · preposition + noun, common masculine plural absolute
praise	אוֹדֶ֑נּוּ 'o.De.nu	H3034	physically · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
health	יְשׁוּעֹ֥ת ye.shu.'Ot	H3444	something saved · noun, common feminine plural construct
countenance	פָּ֝נַ֗י pa.Nai	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
God	וֵֽאלֹהָֽי Ve.lo.Hai	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Psalms 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 count…
Jeremiah 30:17 For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This i…
Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Psalms 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 c…
Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:6–end

Complaints and comforts here, as before, take their turn, like day and night in the course of nature. I. He complains of the dejections of his spirit, but comforts himself with the thoughts of God, Psa 42:6. 1. In his troubles. His soul was dejected, and he goes to God and tells him so: O my God! my soul is cast down within me. It is a great support to us, when upon any account we are distressed, that we have liberty of access to God, and liberty of speech before him, and may open to him the causes of our dejection. David had communed with his own heart about its own bitterness, and had not as yet found relief; and therefore he turns to God, and opens before him the trouble. Note, When we ca…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 42:11

This brings on a renewed self-chiding, and excites hopes of relief. health--or help. of my countenance--(compare Psa 42:5) who cheers me, driving away clouds of sorrow from my face. my God--It is He of whose existence and favor my foes would have me doubt. Next: Psalms Chapter 43

John Gill on Psalms 42:11

Why art thou cast down, O my soul?.... The same expostulation as in Psalm 42:5; and so is what follows, and why art thou disquieted within me? and the same argument and means are made use of to remove dejection and disquietude; hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him; See Gill on Psalm 42:5; to which is added a new argument, taken from the grace and goodness of God, and covenant interest in him; who is the health of my countenance, and my God; as the bodily health of man is seen in the countenance, and for the most part to be judged of by it; so is the spiritual health of the saints, and which they have from the Lord; when he, as the sun of righteousness, arises upon them with healin…

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John Calvin on Psalms 42:9–end

Psalm 42:9-11 9. I will say to God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? 10. It is as a wound [123] in my bones when my enemies reproach me, saying to me daily, Where is thy God? 11. O my soul! why art thou cast down? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, the helps [or salvations] of my countenance, and my God. 9. I will say to God my rock If we read the preceding verse in the past tense, the meaning of this verse will be, Since God has, in this way, heretofore shown himself so kind towards me, I will pray to him now with so much the greater confidence: for the experience which I have had of…

The Church Fathers

Do not despair of salvation, O soul, he is saying: you have God as Savior; in him you gain sound hope. Quench your discouragement and receive consolation.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 42:7

"My personal savior is my God": I trusted that you would doubtless meet my request, since you personally are my salvation and my Lord (the term "personal savior" meaning "my support, my glory"—in other words, It is you yourself who provides me with this).
— Theodore of Mopsuestia, COMMENTARY ON PSALMS 42:11C

Pondering all this within myself, then, I was again encouraged not to be alarmed but to hope in God, who readily provides me with salvation and again makes me esteemed. Turning their thoughts over and over, sometimes in despair, sometimes in hope, is typical of people suffering.
— Diodorus of Tarsus, COMMENTARY ON PSALM 42

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Korahite — (1 Chronicles 9:19,31) Kor’-hite, or Kor’athite, that portion of the Kohathites who were descended from Korah. They were an important branch of the singers, (2 Chronicles 20:19) hence we find eleven…
Mizar — Smallness, a summit on the eastern ridge of Lebanon, near which David lay after escaping from Absalom (Ps. 42:6). It may, perhaps, be the present Jebel Ajlun, thus named, “the little”, in contrast…
Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Psalms — The psalms are the production of various authors. “Only a portion of the Book of Psalms claims David as its author. Other inspired poets in successive generations added now one now another…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…
Assurance · .Confi — .Confi
Countenance · Health indi — Health indi
Desire · SPIRITUAL — SPIRITUAL
Despair · Trust in God, a preservative against — Trust in God, a preservative against
Resignation · Should be exhibited in: Submission to the will of God — Should be exhibited in: Submission to the will of God
Reviling And Reproaching · Saints: Sometimes depressed by — Saints: Sometimes depressed by

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 42:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 42:11

John Gill on Psalms 42:11

John Calvin on Psalms 42:9–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 42:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 42:11

John Gill on Psalms 42:11

John Calvin on Psalms 42:9–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 42:6–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 42:9-10

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 42:11