(A)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you (B)in turmoil within me?
(C)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation[a]

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  1. Psalm 42:5 Hebrew the salvation of my face; also verse 11 and 43:5

Why, my soul, are you downcast?(A)
    Why so disturbed(B) within me?
Put your hope in God,(C)
    for I will yet praise(D) him,
    my Savior(E) and my God.(F)

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(A)Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
    (B)fret not yourself over the one who (C)prospers in his way,
    over the man who carries out evil devices!

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Be still(A) before the Lord
    and wait patiently(B) for him;
do not fret(C) when people succeed in their ways,(D)
    when they carry out their wicked schemes.(E)

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36 For (A)you have need of endurance, so that (B)when you have done the will of God you may (C)receive what is promised. 37 For,

(D)“Yet a little while,
    and (E)the coming one will come and will not delay;

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36 You need to persevere(A) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(B) 37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(C) will come
    and will not delay.”[a](D)

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  1. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3

from the end of the earth I call to you
    when my heart is (A)faint.
Lead me to (B)the rock
    that is higher than I,

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From the ends of the earth I call to you,
    I call as my heart grows faint;(A)
    lead me to the rock(B) that is higher than I.

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When I am afraid,
    I (A)put my trust in you.

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When I am afraid,(A) I put my trust in you.(B)

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23 (A)“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
    and they shall call his name (B)Immanuel”

(which means, God (C)with us).

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23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”[a](A) (which means “God with us”).

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  1. Matthew 1:23 Isaiah 7:14

13 I believe that I shall look[a] upon (A)the goodness of the Lord
    in (B)the land of the living!
14 (C)Wait for the Lord;
    (D)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

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  1. Psalm 27:13 Other Hebrew manuscripts Oh! Had I not believed that I would look

13 I remain confident of this:
    I will see the goodness of the Lord(A)
    in the land of the living.(B)
14 Wait(C) for the Lord;
    be strong(D) and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

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24 (A)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    (B)“therefore I will hope in him.”

25 The Lord is good to those who (C)wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.
26 (D)It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.

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24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;(A)
    therefore I will wait for him.”

25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;(B)
26 it is good to wait quietly(C)
    for the salvation of the Lord.(D)

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(A)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
(B)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

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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.(A)

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And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke (A)of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul,[a] each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

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  1. 1 Samuel 30:6 Compare 22:2

David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning(A) him; each one was bitter(B) in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength(C) in the Lord his God.

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11 (A)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
    and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
    my salvation and my God.

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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.(A)

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18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, (A)“So shall your offspring be.” 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was (B)as good as dead ((C)since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered (D)the barrenness[a] of Sarah's womb. 20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,

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  1. Romans 4:19 Greek deadness

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations,(A) just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[a](B) 19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead(C)—since he was about a hundred years old(D)—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.(E) 20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened(F) in his faith and gave glory to God,(G)

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  1. Romans 4:18 Gen. 15:5

26 the Lord (A)lift up his countenance[a] upon you and give you peace.

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  1. Numbers 6:26 Or face

26 the Lord turn his face(A) toward you
    and give you peace.(B)”’

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