Psalm 42:10 My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

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?”

New American Standard Bible
As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile 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?

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?"

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?"

American Standard Version
As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whilst my bones are broken, my enemies who trouble me have reproached me; Whilst they say to me day be day : Where is thy God?

Darby Bible Translation
As with a crushing in my bones mine adversaries reproach me, while they say unto me all the day, Where is thy 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?'

Cross References

Psalm 42:3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God?

Psalm 79:10
Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of your servants which is shed.

Psalm 115:2
Why should the heathen say, Where is now their God?

Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: why should they say among the people, Where is their God?

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

42:6-11 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 storm, and turn midnight darkness into the light of noon, the bitterest complaints into joyful praises. Our believing expectation of mercy must quicken our prayers for it. At length, is faith came off conqueror, by encouraging him to trust in the name of the Lord, and to stay himself upon his God. He adds, And my God; this thought enabled him to triumph over all his griefs and fears. Let us never think that the God of our life, and the Rock of our salvation, has forgotten us, if we have made his mercy, truth, and power, our refuge. Thus the psalmist strove against his despondency: at last his faith and hope obtained the victory. Let us learn to check all unbelieving doubts and fears. Apply the promise first to ourselves, and then plead it to God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9, 10. in view of which [Ps 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.