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Psalms 42:10
10I will say to God my Rock: “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning, under the oppression of the enemy?”
Psalms 42:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
- 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?”
Context of Psalms 42:10
8Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls. All Your waves and breakers have swept over me. 9By day Adonai commands His love, and at night His song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. I will say to God my Rock: “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning, under the oppression of the enemy?” 11As with a crushing in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, by saying to me all day, “Where is your God?” 12Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why are you murmuring within me? Hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance and my God.
Read all of Psalms 42Psalms 42:10 word by word
בְּרֶ֤צַח׀ בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗י חֵרְפ֥וּנִי צוֹרְרָ֑י בְּאָמְרָ֥ם אֵלַ֥י כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 42:10
- Psalms 42:3My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and appear before God?
- Proverbs 12:18Reckless speech is like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Luke 2:35so the thoughts of many hearts may be uncovered. (And even for you, a sword will pierce through your soul.)”
- Joel 2:17Between the porch and the altar let the kohanim, ministers of Adonai, weep, and let them say: “Have pity, Adonai, on Your people. Don’t make Your heritage a scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should the peoples say, ‘Where is their God?’”
- Micah 7:10Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her— she who said to me: “Where is Adonai, your God?” My eyes will gaze at her— now she will be trampled like mud in 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
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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
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