Psalms 42:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies{H8802)} reproach{H8765)} me; while they say{H8800)} daily unto me, Where is thy God?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אוֹמְרָ֤ה ׀ לְאֵ֥ל סַלְעִי֮ לָמָ֢ה שְׁכַ֫חְתָּ֥נִי לָֽמָּה־קֹדֵ֥ר אֵלֵ֗ךְ בְּלַ֣חַץ אוֹיֵֽב׃

Transliteration

ʾômrâ to-ʾēl salʿî why šəkaḥtānî why-qōdēr ʾēlēk in-laḥaṣ ʾôyēb

Grammar Details

*ʾômrâ*: verb, qal imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - 'I will say/let me say'
*ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - 'God'
*salʿî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my rock'
*šəkaḥtānî*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'you have forgotten me'
*qōdēr*: adjective, masculine singular - 'mourning/in mourning garment'
*ʾēlēk*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - 'I walk/go'
*laḥaṣ*: noun, masculine singular - 'oppression/pressure'
*ʾôyēb*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - 'enemy'

Word Meanings

*ʾômrâ*: I will say/let me say
*ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
*salʿî*: my rock/my cliff/my stronghold
*šəkaḥtānî*: you have forgotten me
*qōdēr*: mourning/in dark clothing/in mourning attire
*laḥaṣ*: oppression/pressure/affliction
*ʾôyēb*: enemy/foe/adversary

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say{H8800)} 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 42:8-9
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8Yet the LORD will command{H8762)} his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9I will say{H8799)} unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten{H8804)} me? why go{H8799)} I mourning{H8802)} because of the oppression of the enemy{H8802)}?
Ps 42:2-3
2 verses
83%
2My soul thirsteth{H8804)} for God, for the living God: when shall I come{H8799)} and appear{H8735)} before God?
3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 42:11
81%
11Why art thou cast down{H8709)}, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted{H8799)} within me? hope{H8685)} thou in God: for I shall yet praise{H8686)} him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 43:2
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2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off{H8804)}? why go{H8691)} I mourning{H8802)} because of the oppression of the enemy{H8802)}?
Ps 13:2
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2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Ps 102:8
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8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Lam 1:21-22
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21They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
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Ps 71:10-11
2 verses
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10For mine enemies{H8802)} speak{H8804)} against me; and they that lay wait{H8802)} for my soul take counsel{H8738)} together,
11Saying{H8800)}, God hath forsaken{H8804)} him: persecute{H8798)} and take{H8798)} him; for there is none to deliver{H8688)} him.
Ps 74:10
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10O God, how long shall the adversary reproach{H8762)}? shall the enemy{H8802)} blaspheme{H8762)} thy name for ever?
Job 16:9-10
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9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
Ps 56:2
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2Mine enemies{H8802)} would daily swallow{H8804)} me up: for they be many that fight{H8802)} against me, O thou most High.
Ps 56:5
75%
5Every day they wrest{H8762)} my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Ps 42:5
75%
5Why art thou cast down{H8709)}, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted{H8799)} in me? hope{H8685)} thou in God: for I shall yet praise{H8686)} him for the help of his countenance.
Ps 41:5
75%
5Mine enemies{H8802)} speak{H8799)} evil of me, When shall he die{H8799)}, and his name perish{H8804)}?
Ps 31:10-11
2 verses
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10For 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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Ps 43:5
74%
5Why art thou cast down{H8709)}, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted{H8799)} within me? hope{H8685)} in God: for I shall yet praise{H8686)} him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Job 13:24
74%
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Lam 1:13
74%
13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Lam 3:3-4
2 verses
74%
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Ps 143:3-4
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3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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Ps 55:3
74%
3Because of the voice of the enemy{H8802)}, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast{H8686)} iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate{H8799)} me.
Jer 20:10-11
2 verses
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10For 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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Job 10:2
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2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Ps 22:1
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Ps 31:14
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14But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God.
Ps 3:2
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2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
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3These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Ps 22:15
72%
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Ps 13:4
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4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
Ps 10:1
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1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Job 33:10
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10Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
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72%
11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Lam 3:14
72%
14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
Ps 35:15
72%
15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together{H8738)}: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together{H8738)} against me, and I knew{H8804)} it not; they did tear{H8804)} me, and ceased{H8804)} not:
Ps 69:3
72%
3I am weary{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
Ps 25:19
72%
19Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Jer 20:8
72%
8For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
Job 19:22
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22Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
Ps 22:17
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17I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
Ps 89:51
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51Wherewith thine enemies{H8802)} have reproached{H8765)}, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached{H8765)} the footsteps of thine anointed.
Ps 69:20
72%
20Reproach hath broken{H8804)} my heart; and I am full of heaviness{H8799)}: and I looked{H8762)} for some to take pity{H8800)}, but there was none; and for comforters{H8764)}, but I found{H8804)} none.