Psalms 42:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ As with a swordb in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? ”

Psalms 42:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, brea...
Psalms 42:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[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.
Psalms 42:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 42:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

As with. Some codices read "Like". enemies . adversaries. The second Psalm of each book has for its subject the enemy. See App-10.
Psalms 42:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 exp...
Psalms 42:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 42:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Psalms 42:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 42:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 na...
Psalms 42:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 t...
Psalms 42:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 42:1-11 , Psalms 43:1-5 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 42:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Thirsting after God Psalms 42:1-11 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,...
Psalms 42:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 42:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 engage...
Psalms 42:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[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...
Psalms 42:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, whe...
Psalms 42:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 b...
Psalms 42:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Complaints and Consolations. 6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land o...
Psalms 42:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 o...
Psalms 42:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 d...
Psalms 42:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 compan...
Psalms 42:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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; an...
Psalms 42:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 42:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 42:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

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” inst...
Psalms 42:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 did...
Psalms 42:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 L...
Psalms 42:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joel 2:17 ; Luke 2:35 ; Micah 7:10 ; Proverbs 12:18 ; Psalms 42:3
Psalms 42:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As — As a sword, which cutteth the very bones, so painful are their reproaches.

Psalms 42:10 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 42:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 42:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 42:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 42:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 42:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 42:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 42:10 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 42:10 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 42:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 42:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 42:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 42:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 42:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 42:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes