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My God, my soul is in despair within me. Therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan, The heights of Hermon, from the hill Mizar.
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Remember God's Faithfulness
When your soul is overwhelmed with sorrow, the psalmist provides a powerful strategy: deliberately remember God. Commentators stress this isn't a passive thought but an active recalling of God's past faithfulness and specific moments of His presence. This practice builds hope, as it reminds us that the God who helped us before is unchanging and will help us again.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
O my God, my soul is cast down within me – This is the utterance of a soul in anguish, despite the purpose not to be cast down, and the co…
19th Century
Anglican
Cast down. — The poet, though faith condemns his dejection, still feels it and cannot help expressing it. The heart will not be tr…
Baptist
O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
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16th Century
Protestant
O my God! my soul is cast down within me. If we suppose that this verse requires no supplement, then it will consist of two distinct and s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
O my God, my soul is cast down within me Which the psalmist repeats, partly to show the greatness of his dejection, though he …
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 …
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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…
