Psalms 42:11

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? -This closes the second strophe of the psalm, and, with one or two slight and immaterial variations, is the same as that which closes the firstPsalms 42:5. In this latter, the word “why” is inserted, and the expression “the salvation of my countenance” occurs instead of “salvations of his countenance,” with the addition of the words “and my God” at the close. The sense, however, is the same; and the verse contains, as before, self-reproof for being thus cast down, and self-exhortation to put trust in God.