Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 42:10
[As] with a sword in my (i) bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
(i) That is, I am most grievously tormented.
[As] with a sword in my (i) bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
(i) That is, I am most grievously tormented.
AS 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...
II. THE EXODUS SECTION: BOOK TWO:PSALM 42-72 The second division of the book of Psalms corresponds to the book of Exodus, the second book of the Pentateuch. That book begins with the groans and moans...
PSALMS 42, 43. Originally these two Pss. were one. This is proved by the long refrain common to each, Why art thou cast down, O my soul, etc. It recurs in Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5, an...
AS WITH. Some codices read "Like". ENEMIES. adversaries. The second Psalm of each book has for its subject the enemy. See App-10....
From self he turns to God and pleads his cause....
Having thus recalled God's mercy in the past he expostulates with Him for having abandoned him, and exposed him to the sneers of his enemies....
My bones are smitten asunder with mine adversaries" reproaches, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Lit. _with crushing in my bones do mine adversaries reproach me_. They stab him...
AS WITH A SWORD IN MY BONES— _The reproaches which my adversaries cast upon me are as a sword in my bones._ Bishop Hare. i.e. "Their reproaches and calumnies are as painful to my soul, as the stab of...
THE PSALMS BOOK THE SECOND Psalms 42, 43 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Debarred Worshipper Mastering his Sorrow. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 42:1-5, A Debarred Worshipper, Nursing his Grief, nevertheless Striv...
_AS WITH A SWORD IN MY BONES, MINE ENEMIES REPROACH ME; WHILE THEY SAY DAILY UNTO ME, WHERE IS THY GOD?_ (As) with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me - literally, 'in slaughter;' i:e., it...
BOOK 2 The second and third Books of the Psalter (Psalms 42-72, 73-89) are but the two parts of a whole, the largest section of which (Psalms 42-83) is called the Elohistic Psalter, because the name E...
_As_ WITH A SWORD IN MY BONES] better, 'as though they would crush my bones,' the whole framework of my being....
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
AS WITH A SWORD. — Margin, _killing;_ better, _crushing._ The insertion of the conjunction is erroneous. Render, _with a shattering of my bones._ This, no doubt, refers to actual ill-treatment of the...
_[Psalms 42:11]_ בְּ רֶ֤צַח ׀ בְּֽ עַצְמֹותַ֗י חֵרְפ֥וּנִי...
Psalms 42:1 , PSALMS 43:1 THE second book of the Psalter is characterised by the use of the Divine name "Elohim" instead of "Jehovah." It begins with a cluster of seven psalms (reckoning Psalms 42:1;...
THIRSTING AFTER GOD Psalms 42:1 This psalm clearly embalms the holy musings and yearnings of the exiled king during Absalom's rebellion. Their setting to music was left to the sons of Korah, 2 Chroni...
This is the song of an exile and, moreover, of an exile among enemies who have no sympathy with his religious convictions. He cries out after God with all the intensity of one who knows God and cares...
In this confidence he will look up to his rock with joy, and he will look round on the insulting foe with indifference. Doth the foe demand where is now thy God? Where should he be, but always engaged...
10_It is as a slaughter in my bones. _This verse is somewhat involved in point of expression; but as to the meaning of it there is no obscurity. David here affirms that the grief which he experienced...
BOOK 2 - PSALMS 42-72 In the second book, the remnant is viewed as outside Jerusalem, and the city as given up to wickedness. This is seen throughout it. The covenant connection of the Jews with Jehov...
[AS] WITH A SWORD IN MY BONES, MINE ENEMIES REPROACH ME,.... The reproaches of his enemies were grievous and cutting to him, as if a sword pierced through the marrow in his bones, which, being very se...
Psalms 42:10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God? Ver. 10. _As with a sword in my bones_] Heb. a murdering weapon, which, when th...
_As with a sword in my bones_ Or, _in my body_, the _bones_ being often put for the _body_, whereof they are a very considerable part. Or, as a sword which pierceth and cutteth my flesh even to the bo...
AN EXILE'S LONGING FOR ZION. To the chief musician, for performance in the liturgical part of the Temple-services, Maschil, a didactic poem, for the sons of Korah, written by some member of this Levit...
As with a sword in my bones mine enemies reproach me, with cruel taunts; WHILE THEY SAY DAILY UNTO ME, WHERE IS THY GOD? Their mockery is blasphemous, for they not only decry the hope of the believer...
SWORD: Or, killing...
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...
IN MY BONES, or _in my body_, the bones being oft put for the _body_, whereof they are a very considerable part. Or, as a sword, which pierceth and cutteth my flesh even to the bones, and cutteth or b...
Psalms 42:10 breaking H7524 bones H6106 enemies H6887 (H8802) reproach H2778 (H8765) say H559 (H8800) day...
‘Yet in the daytime YHWH used to command his covenant love, And in the night his song was with me, Even a prayer to the God of my life. I will say to God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? Why do...
Psalms 42:10 An atheistic suggestion. One of the greatest strains upon human faith when any disaster overtakes us is the thought, How can it be that God is omnipotent and infinitely tender, as we bel...
Psalms 42 This Psalm contains a prescription for a downcast soul, consisting of three ingredients. I. The first is inquiry: " _Why_art thou cast down?" Religious despondency must have a cause; and i...
Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God._ Hunted, hot, weary, thirsty! It must drink or die. You see the poor creature with the big tears in its...
Psalms 42:1. _As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God._ «As the hart panteth» or «brayeth.» And if such be your soul's panting after God, you shall have what...
CONTENTS: The experiences of a much afflicted saint and his confidence in God. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: God often teaches His saints effectually to know the worth of His mercies by cau...
Psalms 42:3. _Tears have been my meat._ I abstained from food to indulge in grief: my sorrows have superseded the desire of food. Psalms 42:6. _The hill Mizar;_ the little hill on which Zoar was buil...
_As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me: while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?_ THE SWORD OF THE WICKED I. The carriage, disposition and expression of others to David. 1. T...
_As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God._ THE KORACHITE PSALMS The second book of the Psalter, characterized by the use of the Divine name “Elohim” instead...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 42:6 The second stanza sharpens the description of the singer’s situation. He is in THE LAND OF JORDAN AND OF HERMON, far from the sanctuary in Jerusalem. He knows that God is not...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_: “To the Chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.” Maschil, an instruction, a didactic poem. “The sons of Korah,” descendants of Korah, were an important company...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm, committed (like so many others) to the precentor, or. chief musician, for its musical setting, is entitled "Maschil of the sous of Korah"—_i.e._ an "instruction," or didactic ps...
So we enter now into Psalms 42:1-11 into the second book of the psalms. And as a hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God (Psalms 42:1). Jesus said, "Blessed are they...
Joel 2:17; Luke 2:35; Micah 7:10; Proverbs 12:18; Psalms 42:3...
As — As a sword, which cutteth the very bones, so painful are their reproaches....