John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 42:10
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me ,.... The reproaches of his enemies were grievous and cutting to him, as if a sword pierced through the marrow in his bones, which, being very sensitive, gives exquisite pain. There is a various reading here: some copies, as Vatablus observes, read ב , "in", or with, and others כ , "as", which seems to be the truest; and our translators supply "as", to make the sense, though they read "with"; but some F14 כרצח ως σφαγην ,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 42:6-11
Complaints and comforts here, as before, take their turn, like day and night in the course of nature. I. He complains of the dejections of his spirit, but comforts himself with the thoughts of God, Ps. 42:6. 1. In his troubles. His soul was dejected, and he goes to God and tells him so: O my God! my soul is cast down within me. It is a great support to us, when upon any account we are distressed, that we have liberty of access to God, and liberty of speech before him, and may open to him the... read more