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Atomic Bible
Psalms 43:5
Why are you downcast, O my soul?
from Send Out Your Light, Psalms 43:1-5
What it says

He again questions his downcast soul and commands it to hope in God for future praise.

What it is doing

This verse closes the psalm by reasserting hope over inward collapse.

In context

1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case 2For You are the God of my refuge. 3Send out Your light and Your truth; 4Then I will go to the altar of God, 5Why are you downcast, O my soul?