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Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, The saving help of my countenance, and my God.
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Preach to Your Own Soul
Multiple commentators note that the psalmist is talking to himself, commanding his own soul to hope in God. This provides a powerful model for believers. When you feel 'cast down' or 'disquieted,' you can actively preach truth to your own heart, reminding yourself of God's promises and exhorting yourself to place your hope in Him, just as the psalmist does.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Baptist
I will say to God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? As with a sword in my bones,…
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
13th Century
Catholic
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…
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