Psalms 42:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

[As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?
  • Joel 2:17 : 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?
  • Mic 7:10 : 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.
  • Luke 2:35 : 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
  • Prov 12:18 : 18 ¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

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  • 2 For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

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    10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

    11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].

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    9 He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

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  • 5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

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    10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

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  • 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

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    3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.

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    10 For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, [saying], Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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    2 Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.

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