Why art thou cast down, O my soul? - Margin, bowed down. The Hebrew word means to bow down, to incline oneself; then, usually, to p…

Why art thou. —The refrain here breaks in on the song like a sigh, the spirit of dejection struggling against the spirit of faith.…

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice…

O my soul! why are you cast down? From this it appears that David contended strongly against his sorrow, lest he yield to temptation. But …

Why art thou cast down, O my soul ?
&c.] The psalmist corrects himself, as being too much depressed in spirit wi…

The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good and set his heart upon Him accordingly; casting anchor in this way at first, he rides out the sto…

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…