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Whyמַהare you cast down,תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִיmy soul,נַפְשִׁיand agitatedוַתֶּהֱמִיwithin me?עָלָיAwaitהוֹחִילִיElohim,לֵאלֹהִיםforכִּיI will yetעוֹדgive him thanks,אוֹדֶנּוּthe salvationsיְשׁוּעוֹתof his face.פָּנָיו
Psalms 42:5
Study it in the app“Why are you cast down, my soul, and agitated within me? Await Elohim, for I will yet give him thanks, the salvations of his face.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 42:5, word by word
- are you cast downתִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִיtishtochachi
be brought low
To be brought low: the proud are humbled and the grieving feel crushed.
Where else “tishtochachi” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- and agitatedתֶּהֱמִיtehemi
moan
To be restless inside, groan.
Where else “tehemi” appears- Awaitהוֹחִילִיhochili
wait, hope
Wait patiently; hope.
Where else “hochili” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- give him thanksאוֹדֶode
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “ode” appears- the salvationsיְשׁוּעוֹתyeshuot
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yeshuot” appears- of his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears
Translation note
“The salvations of his face”: the salvation that comes from his presence. This refrain is repeated in 42:11 and 43:5, where it says “the salvations of my face and my Elohim”; in the Hebrew the difference is a single letter and the place where the verse is divided. Here each one is translated as it is written.
The context
4These things I remember, and I pour out within me my soul: how I would pass along with the throng; I would walk with them to the house of Elohim, with the voice of shouts of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival.
5 · This verse (above)
6My Elohim, within me my soul is cast down; therefore I remember you from the land of the Jordan and of the Hermons, from Mount Mizar.