Why are you downcast, o my soul?  Why so disturbed within me?  Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you…

Why are you downcast, o my soul?  Why so disturbed within me?  Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

vs.5…downcast?  Put your hope in God.  vs. 6 My soul downcast within me – remember God.  vs.11 downcast o my soul?…put your hope in God.  These are practical reminders.  When the things of this world get to us, remember God.  When the struggles of living in a fallen world with broken people threaten to drag us down, remember God – His attributes, His kindness, His love – and put our hope in Him.