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Psalm chapter 42, verse 5 and 11 say the same thing.

And then Psalm chapter 43, verse 5 says the same thing.

So let me read what it says.

This verse that we see in both of these chapters that are back to back and think about

what the Bible is teaching us here and how we can pray according to this word. So

Psalm chapter 42 verse 5 and 11 and Psalm 43 verse 5 say, why are you cast down, oh my

soul and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God. For I shall

again praise him, my salvation and my God. Oh, pardon me. I want you to just read it three

times so you feel the effects. In fact, I'm going to do that. Let me just say it again and

again. Why are you cast down, oh my soul? And why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God,

for I shall again praise Him, my salvation in my God. Why are you cast down, oh my soul, and

why are you in turmoil within me?

Hope in God, for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Even in just repeating it, you can feel the turmoil within the psalmist as he's praying this.

And this is one of the more famous, well-known Psalms because it starts.

Psalms 42 starts with the verse as a dear pants for flowing streams.

So my soul pants for you, oh God, my soul thirst for God, for the living God, when should

not go and appear before God?

There's a longing in the psalmist here to be with God.

He feels distant from God, even physically distant from the temple, likely the context in the

Psalm, and he's cast down.

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