Psa 43:5 | NET2full | STEP | Why are you depressed , O my soul ? Why are you upset ? Wait for God ! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention .

Psalms 43:5

5 Why are you depressed, ^{▼▼tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”} O my soul? ^{▼▼sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.}
Why are you upset? ^{▼▼tn Heb “and why are you in turmoil upon me?”}
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention. ^{▼▼tc Heb “for again I will give him thanks, the saving acts of my face and my God.” The last line should be emended to read יְשׁוּעֹת פְנֵי אֱלֹהָי (yeshuʿot fene ʾelohay, “[for] the saving acts of the face of my God,” that is, the saving acts associated with God’s presence/intervention. This refrain is identical to the one in Ps 42:11. See also 42:5, which differs only slightly.}