Psalms 42:5

The psalmist questions his own despair and commands his soul to hope in God. He preaches faith to his troubled heart.

Cross-references · 27

• Ps 37:7Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; do not fret when men prosper in their ways, when they carry out wicked schemes.
• Heb 10:36–37You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
• Ps 61:2From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
• Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
• Ps 27:13–14Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
• Ps 56:3When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
• Lam 3:24–26“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
• Ps 43:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
• Ps 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
• Rom 4:18–20Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
• Num 6:26may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
• 1 Sam 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
• Job 13:15Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• Ps 55:4–5My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
• Ps 71:14But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
• Isa 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
• Ps 56:11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
• Ps 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
• Ps 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
• Mark 14:33–34He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.
• Ps 143:3–4For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
• Ps 142:2–3I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
• Ps 91:15–16When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
• Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
• Ps 35:14I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.
• Matt 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
• Ps 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

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