Why are you cast down, O my soul? - This closes the second strophe of the psalm, and, with one or two slight and immaterial variati…

Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me, while they sa…

O my soul! why are you cast down? This repetition shows us that David had not so completely overcome his temptations in one encounter, or …

Why are you cast down, O my soul ?
&c.] The same expostulation as in (Psalms 42:5) ; and so is what foll…

The way to forget our miseries is to remember the God of our mercies. David saw troubles coming from God's wrath, and that discouraged him. But if …

1. This is the fifth group of ten in the first fifty psalms; it is ordered to implore help against present evils.

   This is done throug…