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As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"
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The Pain of Mocked Faith
Commentators explain that the phrase "a sword in my bones" describes an excruciating, deep pain. The original Hebrew suggests a "crushing" or "killing." John Calvin highlights that this feeling is not an exaggeration; the pain is so profound because the enemies' taunts are not just personal insults but attacks on God's honor and the very foundation of the believer's faith.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As with a sword in my bones - Margin, killing. The treatment which I receive in their reproaches is like death. The word rendered “sword” — …
19th Century
Anglican
As with a sword. —Marginal note: killing; preferred: crushing. The insertion of the conjunction is erroneous. Tr…
Baptist
I will say to God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? As with a sword in my bones,…
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16th Century
Protestant
It is as a slaughter in my bones. This verse is somewhat complex in its wording, but its meaning is clear. David here affirms that the gri…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[As] with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me The reproaches of his enemies were grievous and cutting to him…
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 …
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13th Century
Catholic
This is the fifth group of ten in the first fifty psalms; it is ordered to implore help against present evils.
This is done throug…
