Psa 42:5-6 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? ] Bad as the times are, desolate as Jerusalem is, insulting as are our enemies, hopeless as in the sight of man our condition may be, yet there is no room for despair . All things are possible to God. We have a promise of restoration; he is as good as he is powerful; hope therefore in him. I shall yet praise him ] For my restoration from this captivity. He is the health of my soul. I shall have the light and help of his countenance , his approbation, and a glorious deliverance wrought by his right hand.

‏ Psalms 42:5-6

Verse 5. Why art thou cast down, O my soul?] Bad as the times are, desolate as Jerusalem is, insulting as are our enemies, hopeless as in the sight of man our condition may be, yet there is no room for despair. All things are possible to God. We have a promise of restoration; he is as good as he is powerful; hope therefore in him.

I shall yet praise him] For my restoration from this captivity. He is the health of my soul. I shall have the light and help of his countenance, his approbation, and a glorious deliverance wrought by his right hand.

Verse 6. O my God, my soul is cast down] It is impossible for me to lighten this load; I am full of discouragements, notwithstanding I labour to hope in thee.

Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan] That is, from Judea, this being the chief river of that country.

And of the Hermonites] the Hermons, used in the plural because Hermon has a double ridge joining in an angle, and rising in many summits. The river Jordan, and the mountains of Hermon, were the most striking features of the holy land.

From the hill Mizar.] mehar mitsar, from the little hill, as in the margin. The little hill probably means Sion, which was little in comparison of the Hermons.-Bishop Horsley. No such hill as Mizar is known in India.