King James Version
Psalms 42:10 in the King James Version says “As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? sword: or, killin...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 42 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? sword: or, killing”
Psalms 42:10 · KJV
Yet 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.
I 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? sword: or, killing
Why 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.
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“in my bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
“reproach”
H2778to pull off, i.e., (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e., defame;
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“daily”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“unto me Where is thy God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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