Psalm 42:11
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Cross-references
Psalm 42:5 is the identical refrain — the psalmist repeats this self-encouragement to hope in God despite distress.
Psalm 43:5 repeats the same refrain, linking the two psalms as a unified composition of lament and hope.
Psalm 6:3 echoes the same soul-troubled cry ('my soul is greatly troubled') and plea for God's intervention, paralleling the psalmist's distress.
In Psalm 55:22, the command to cast cares on the Lord directly parallels the self-exhortation to hope in God—both entrust burdens to Him.
In Psalm 62:5, the same phrase 'my soul' finds rest and hope in God—an almost identical refrain of trusting God.
In Psalm 63:1, the psalmist's soul thirsts for God—echoing the deep longing that underlies the hope in 42:11.
In Psalm 71:5, the psalmist declares God has been his hope from youth—affirming the same confident trust expressed in 42:11.
In Psalm 131:2, the psalmist has calmed his soul like a weaned child—a picture of the same inner quieting that 42:11 aims for.
In Psalm 74:1, the psalmist laments God's apparent rejection—a contrasting cry of despair without the hopeful resolution of 42:11.
1 Samuel 30:6 shows David strengthening himself in the LORD amid distress, directly paralleling the psalmist's self-encouragement to hope in God.
In Proverbs 12:25, anxiety weighs down the heart but a kind word cheers—illustrating the principle behind the self-encouragement in 42:11.
Isaiah 50:10 calls those walking in darkness to trust in God, directly paralleling the call to hope despite a downcast soul.
Lamentations 3:20 describes a soul bowed down, mirroring the cast-down soul here, both in lament.
Lamentations 3:24 declares hope in God as one's portion, a direct echo of the hope expressed here.
Hebrews 6:19 calls hope an anchor of the soul, directly paralleling the stabilizing hope in God here.
2 Corinthians 4:9 says 'struck down but not destroyed,' paralleling the cast-down soul that still hopes in God.
Jonah 2:7 recounts a fainting soul remembering the Lord, similar to the soul's turmoil and turn to hope here.