Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?” New Living Translation Their taunts break my bones. They scoff, “Where is this God of yours?” English Standard Version 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?” Berean Standard Bible Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” King James Bible As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? New King James Version As with a breaking of my bones, My enemies reproach me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” New American Standard Bible As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” NASB 1995 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” NASB 1977 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Legacy Standard Bible As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” Amplified Bible As a crushing of my bones [with a sword], my adversaries taunt me, While they say continually to me, “Where is your God?” Christian Standard Bible My adversaries taunt me, as if crushing my bones, while all day long they say to me, “Where is your God? ” Holman Christian Standard Bible My adversaries taunt me, as if crushing my bones, while all day long they say to me,” Where is your God?” American Standard Version As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Contemporary English Version Even my bones are in pain, while all day long my enemies sneer and ask, "Where is your God?" English Revised Version As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me; while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? GOD'S WORD® Translation With a shattering blow to my bones, my enemies taunt me. They ask me all day long, "Where is your God?" Good News Translation I am crushed by their insults, as they keep on asking me, "Where is your God?" International Standard Version Like the shattering of my bones are the taunts of my oppressors, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?" Majority Standard Bible Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” NET Bible My enemies' taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" New Heart English Bible As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries taunt me, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?" Webster's Bible Translation As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily to me, Where is thy God? World English Bible As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWith a sword in my bones "" My adversaries have reproached me, "" In their saying to me all the day, “Where [is] your God?” Young's Literal Translation With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where is thy God?' Smith's Literal Translation With a breaking of my bones mine enemies reproached me, in their saying all the day, Where their God? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhilst my bones are broken, my enemies who trouble me have reproached me; Whilst they say to me day be day : Where is thy God? Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible It shatters my bones, when my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me every day: “Where is your God?” New Revised Standard Version As with a deadly wound in my body, my adversaries taunt me, while they say to me continually, “Where is your God?” Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhen my bones are broken, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated In the breaking of my bones, my enemies reproached me as they have been saying to me every day, "Where is your God?" OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917As with a crushing in my bones, mine adversaries taunt me; While they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?' Brenton Septuagint Translation While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; while they said to me daily, Where is thy God? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Blessed is He who Cares for the Poor…9I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?” 10Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?” 11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.… Cross References Matthew 27:39-44 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads / and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!” / In the same way, the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked Him, saying, ... Mark 15:29-32 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, / come down from the cross and save Yourself!” / In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself! ... Luke 23:35-37 The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.” / The soldiers also mocked Him and came up to offer Him sour wine. / “If You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!” John 19:28-30 After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” / A jar of sour wine was sitting there. So they soaked a sponge in the wine, put it on a stalk of hyssop, and lifted it to His mouth. / When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit. 1 Peter 2:23 When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. Hebrews 12:3 Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Romans 8:36 As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-10 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; / persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. / We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 2 Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, / because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. / Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. Job 19:2-3 “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? / Ten times now you have reproached me; you shamelessly mistreat me. Job 30:9-10 And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. / They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face. Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Lamentations 3:14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long. Micah 7:8-10 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light. / Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness. / Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets. Treasury of Scripture As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily to me, Where is your God? As with Psalm 42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Proverbs 12:18 There 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. sword. Psalm 42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Joel 2:17 Let 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 7:10 Then 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. Jump to Previous Adversaries Agony Body Bones Continually Cruel Crushing Daily Deadly Enemies Foes Haters Mortal Reproach Reproached Revile Shattering Suffer Sword Taunt Words WoundJump to Next Adversaries Agony Body Bones Continually Cruel Crushing Daily Deadly Enemies Foes Haters Mortal Reproach Reproached Revile Shattering Suffer Sword Taunt Words WoundPsalm 42 1. David's zeal to serve God in the temple5. He encourages his soul to trust in God Like the crushing of my bones This phrase evokes a vivid image of intense physical and emotional pain. The Hebrew word for "crushing" (שָׁבַר, shabar) often implies breaking or shattering, suggesting a deep, penetrating agony that affects the very core of one's being. In the context of ancient Israel, bones were considered the seat of strength and vitality. Thus, the psalmist is expressing a profound sense of weakness and vulnerability, as if his very essence is being shattered. This imagery can be seen as a metaphor for the spiritual and emotional trials that believers may face, reminding us that even in our deepest suffering, God is aware of our pain. my enemies taunt me while they say to me all day long Where is your God? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Like the crushingבְּרֶ֤צַח ׀ (bə·re·ṣaḥ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7524: A crushing, a murder-cry of my bones, בְּֽעַצְמוֹתַ֗י (bə·‘aṣ·mō·w·ṯay) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame my enemies צוֹרְרָ֑י (ṣō·wr·rāy) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6887: To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped taunt me, חֵרְפ֥וּנִי (ḥê·rə·p̄ū·nî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular Strong's 2778: To pull off, to expose, to betroth, to carp at, defame, to spend the winter while they say בְּאָמְרָ֥ם (bə·’ā·mə·rām) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say to me אֵלַ֥י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every day long, הַ֝יּ֗וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day “Where אַיֵּ֥ה (’ay·yêh) Interrogative Strong's 346: Where? is your God?” אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Psalm 42:10 NIVPsalm 42:10 NLT Psalm 42:10 ESV Psalm 42:10 NASB Psalm 42:10 KJV Psalm 42:10 BibleApps.com Psalm 42:10 Biblia Paralela Psalm 42:10 Chinese Bible Psalm 42:10 French Bible Psalm 42:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 42:10 As with a sword in my bones (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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