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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 for the saving help of his presence.
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Preach to Your Own Soul
Commentators like Spurgeon and Calvin highlight that the psalmist engages in an internal dialogue, essentially preaching to his own soul. He actively confronts his feelings of despair, questioning them and commanding his soul to change its focus. This practice of self-remonstrance is a key spiritual discipline for believers to combat despondency.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Why art thou. —The refrain here breaks in on the song like a sigh, the spirit of dejection struggling against the spirit of faith.…
Baptist
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 countena…
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16th Century
Protestant
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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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…
