My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Parallel translations
- WEB My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me.
- BSB Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
- NKJV My soul still remembers And sinks within me.
- NASB My soul certainly remembers, And is bent over within me.
- NLT I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss.
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Quick answer
His soul keeps remembering his troubles and is bowed down within him. It honestly admits that grief still weighs heavily even as hope begins.
Overview
The sufferer acknowledges that his soul 'still remembers' his afflictions and remains bowed low. He does not pretend the pain is gone. This honest admission shows that biblical hope does not deny suffering but holds onto God in the midst of it, a faith that finds its anchor in Christ even when sorrow remains.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 42:5–6Why 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 countenance.
- Ps 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Ps 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Job 21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
- Ps 146:8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
- Ps 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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The weeping over a ruined city and the steadfast mercies that are new every morning point to the man of sorrows who wept over Jerusalem and whose mercy rises new from the grave.
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