This exegetical poem is based on Psalm 42:5-11.
Why are you dejected, O my soul?
Why do you suffer turmoil?
For God is your hope and counsel;
your salvation is His toil.
My soul has cast a shadow;
therefore, I remember who You are:
All within the earth You know, —
You command every land and star.
In the day You command Your mercy;
in the night You put song in my soul.
I lift my prayers without a worry
and know me You shall console.
With foolish audacity, I say,
“Have You forgotten me, O God my Rock?
Why do You allow my suffering to weigh
while my enemies joke and mock?”
Why are you dejected, O my soul?
Why do you suffer turmoil?
For God is your hope and counsel;
your salvation is His toil.
The Lutheran Column 