Psalms 42:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 42

⁵Why 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.

Psalms 42:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 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.
Hebrews 10:36-37
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. …
Psalms 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.
Psalms 56:3
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
Matthew 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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

Holy love to God as the chief good and our felicity is the power of godliness, the very life and soul of religion, without which all external professions and performances are but a shell and carcase: now here we have some of the expressions of that love. Here is, I. Holy love thirsting, love upon the wing, soaring upwards in holy desires towards the Lord and towards the remembrance of his name (Ps…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. Hence he chides his despondent soul, assuring himself of a time of joy. help of his countenance--or, “face” (compare Nu 6:25; Psa 4:6; 16:11).