Psalms 42:10

Psalms 42:10 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)As with a deadly wound in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me all the day long, "Where is your God?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)As with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?”

Context of Psalms 42:10

8Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. 9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? 11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalms 42:10 word by word

בְּרֶ֤צַח׀ בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗י חֵרְפ֥וּנִי צוֹרְרָ֑י בְּאָמְרָ֥ם אֵלַ֥י כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• with a swordרֶ֫צַחretsach · shatteringH7524
• in my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• mine enemiesצָרַרtsârar · to vexH6887
• reproachחָרַףchâraph · to tauntH2778
• me; while they sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• dailyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Psalms 42:10

• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
• Proverbs 12:18There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
• Luke 2:35(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
• Joel 2:17Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
• Micah 7:10Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

Commentaries on Psalms 42:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10As with a sword in my bones - Margin, killing. The treatment which I receive in their reproaches is like death. The word rendered “sword” - רצח retsach - means properly killing, slaying, breaking in pieces, crushing. It occurs only here and in Ezekiel 21:22, where it is rendered slaughter. The Septuagint renders it, “In the bruising of my bones they reproach me.” The Vulgate, “While they break my bones they reproach me.” Luther, “It is as death in my…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 The way to forget our miseries, is to remember the God of our mercies. David saw troubles coming from God's wrath, and that discouraged him. But if one trouble follow hard after another, if all seem to combine for our ruin, let us remember they are all appointed and overruled by the Lord. David regards the Divine favour as the fountain of all the good he looked for. In the Saviour's name let us hope and pray. One word from him will calm every…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The psalmist brings his many doubts, discouragements, and questions directly to God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. in view of which [Psa 42:8], he dictates to himself a prayer based on his distress, aggravated as it was by the cruel taunts and infidel suggestions of his foes.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 42:10

• Desire
• Persecution
• Scoffing

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Commentaries on Psalms 42

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings