Why So Downcast Oh my soul

Psalm 43 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 43

Psalm 43 (New International Version)

Psalm 43

Psalm 43^[a]

 ¹ Vindicate me, my God,
   and plead my cause
   against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me from those who are
   deceitful and wicked.
² You are God my stronghold.
   Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning,
   oppressed by the enemy?
³ Send me your light and your faithful care,
   let them lead me;
let them bring me to your holy mountain,
   to the place where you dwell.
⁴ Then I will go to the altar of God,
   to God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the lyre,
   O God, my God.  ⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
   Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
   for I will yet praise him,
   my Savior and my God.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.

Lost info

Blogger when down and some information was lost from May 11 to May 13th
Sorry for the the Loss.
Gary

Proverbs 13 (with text - press on more info.)

Prayer for Nigeria

As The Deer

Psalm 42

Psalm 42 (New International Version)

Psalm 42

BOOK II
Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42^[a][b]

    For the director of music. A maskil^[c] of the Sons of Korah. ¹ As the deer pants for streams of water,
   so my soul pants for you, my God.
² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
   When can I go and meet with God?
³ My tears have been my food
   day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
   “Where is your God?”
⁴ These things I remember
   as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go to the house of God
   under the protection of the Mighty One^[d]
with shouts of joy and praise
   among the festive throng.
 ⁵ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
   Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
   for I will yet praise him,
   my Savior and my God.
 ⁶ My soul is downcast within me;
   therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
   the heights of Hermon—from Mount Mizar.
⁷ Deep calls to deep
   in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
   have swept over me.
 ⁸ By day the LORD directs his love,
   at night his song is with me—
   a prayer to the God of my life.
 ⁹ I say to God my Rock,
   “Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
   oppressed by the enemy?”
¹⁰ My bones suffer mortal agony
   as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
   “Where is your God?”
 ¹¹ Why, my soul, are you downcast?
   Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
   for I will yet praise him,
   my Savior and my God.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
2. Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
3. Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
4. Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

Psalm 42 (with text - press on more info.)

Prayer for Ukraine

You are my dwelling place and my tower of strength - Psalm 90

He Knows My Name by Maranatha Singers

Psalm 41 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 41

Psalm 41 (New International Version, ©2011)

Psalm 41

Psalm 41^[a]

    For the director of music. A psalm of David. ¹ Blessed are those who have regard for the weak;
   the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.
² The LORD protects and preserves them—
   they are counted among the blessed in the land—
   he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.
³ The LORD sustains them on their sickbed
   and restores them from their bed of illness.
 ⁴ I said, “Have mercy on me, LORD;
   heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
⁵ My enemies say of me in malice,
   “When will he die and his name perish?”
⁶ When one of them comes to see me,
   he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander;
   then he goes out and spreads it around.
 ⁷ All my enemies whisper together against me;
   they imagine the worst for me, saying,
⁸ “A vile disease has afflicted him;
   he will never get up from the place where he lies.”
⁹ Even my close friend,
   someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
   has turned^[b] against me.
 ¹⁰ But may you have mercy on me, LORD;
   raise me up, that I may repay them.
¹¹ I know that you are pleased with me,
   for my enemy does not triumph over me.
¹² Because of my integrity you uphold me
   and set me in your presence forever.
 ¹³ Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel,
   from everlasting to everlasting.
            Amen and Amen.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 41:1 In Hebrew texts 41:1-13 is numbered 41:2-14.
2. Psalm 41:9 Hebrew has lifted up his heel

Hillsong Made Me Glad

Psalm 40

Psalm 40 (New International Version, ©2011)

Psalm 40

Psalm 40^[a]

    For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. ¹ I waited patiently for the LORD;
   he turned to me and heard my cry.
² He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
   out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
   and gave me a firm place to stand.
³ He put a new song in my mouth,
   a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the LORD
   and put their trust in him.
 ⁴ Blessed is the one
   who trusts in the LORD,
who does not look to the proud,
   to those who turn aside to false gods.^[b]
5 Many, LORD my God,
   are the wonders you have done,
   the things you planned for us.
None can compare with you;
   were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
   they would be too many to declare.
 ⁶ Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—
   but my ears you have opened^[c]—
   burnt offerings and sin offerings^[d] you did not require.
⁷ Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
   it is written about me in the scroll.^[e]
8 I desire to do your will, my God;
   your law is within my heart.”
 ⁹ I proclaim your saving acts in the great assembly;
   I do not seal my lips, LORD,
   as you know.
¹⁰ I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
   I speak of your faithfulness and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
   from the great assembly.
 ¹¹ Do not withhold your mercy from me, LORD;
   may your love and faithfulness always protect me.
¹² For troubles without number surround me;
   my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
   and my heart fails within me.
¹³ Be pleased to save me, LORD;
   come quickly, LORD, to help me.
 ¹⁴ May all who want to take my life
   be put to shame and confusion;
may all who desire my ruin
   be turned back in disgrace.
¹⁵ May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”
   be appalled at their own shame.
¹⁶ But may all who seek you
   rejoice and be glad in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
   “The LORD is great!”
 ¹⁷ But as for me, I am poor and needy;
   may the Lord think of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
   you are my God, do not delay.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.
2. Psalm 40:4 Or to lies
3. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
4. Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
5. Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me

Proverbs 10

Proverbs 10 (New International Version, ©2011)

Proverbs 10

Proverbs of Solomon

 ¹ The proverbs of Solomon:    A wise son brings joy to his father,
   but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
 ² Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,
   but righteousness delivers from death.
 ³ The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry,
   but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
 ⁴ Lazy hands make for poverty,
   but diligent hands bring wealth.
 ⁵ He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
   but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
 ⁶ Blessings crown the head of the righteous,
   but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.^[a]
 7 The name of the righteous is used in blessings,^[b]
   but the name of the wicked will rot.
 ⁸ The wise in heart accept commands,
   but a chattering fool comes to ruin.
 ⁹ Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
   but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.
 ¹⁰ Whoever winks maliciously causes grief,
   and a chattering fool comes to ruin.
 ¹¹ The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
   but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
 ¹² Hatred stirs up conflict,
   but love covers over all wrongs.
 ¹³ Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,
   but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.
 ¹⁴ The wise store up knowledge,
   but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
 ¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is their fortified city,
   but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
 ¹⁶ The wages of the righteous is life,
   but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
 ¹⁷ Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life,
   but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
 ¹⁸ Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips
   and spreads slander is a fool.
 ¹⁹ Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
   but the prudent hold their tongues.
 ²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
   but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
 ²¹ The lips of the righteous nourish many,
   but fools die for lack of sense.
 ²² The blessing of the LORD brings wealth,
   without painful toil for it.
 ²³ A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes,
   but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
 ²⁴ What the wicked dread will overtake them;
   what the righteous desire will be granted.
 ²⁵ When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
   but the righteous stand firm forever.
 ²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
   so are sluggards to those who send them.
 ²⁷ The fear of the LORD adds length to life,
   but the years of the wicked are cut short.
 ²⁸ The prospect of the righteous is joy,
   but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
 ²⁹ The way of the LORD is a refuge for the blameless,
   but it is the ruin of those who do evil.
 ³⁰ The righteous will never be uprooted,
   but the wicked will not remain in the land.
 ³¹ From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom,
   but a perverse tongue will be silenced.
 ³² The lips of the righteous know what finds favor,
   but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.

Footnotes:

1. Proverbs 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence
2. Proverbs 10:7 See Gen. 48:20.

Proverbs 10 (with text - press on more info.)

Psalm 40 (with text - press on more info.)

OpWorld | Portugal