Psalms 42:11 meaning and explanation

Why 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.

Psalms 42:11, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

This closing verse of Psalm 42 comes from the sons of Korah, a temple guild, and the speaker is far from Jerusalem and the house of God, taunted by enemies who ask where his God is. He turns and speaks to his own soul, naming its downcast state and unease, then commands it to hope in God.

Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.

Read this verse in the app