Psalms 42:10

“Teach me to do thy will, etc.] Revealed in the word; which saints desire a greater knowledge of in order to do it, and in which they delight; and also are desirous of being taught, and to practise submission to the will of God under afflictions; which was now the case of the psalmist; for thou [art] my God; his covenant God; and from whom all his afflictions came in a covenant way, and therefore desires to be instructed by him in them; (see <243118>Jeremiah 31:18); thy Spirit [is] good; thy holy good Spirit, as the Targum; the Spirit of thy holiness, as the Arabic version: the Holy Spirit of God is meant, the third Person in the Trinity; who is “good” essentially, being of the same nature…”

“As with a sword in my bones - Margin, killing. The treatment which I receive in their reproaches is like death. The word rendered “sword” - רצח retsach - means properly killing, slaying, breaking in pieces, crushing. It occurs only here and in Ezekiel 21:22, where it is rendered slaughter. The Septuagint renders it, “In the bruising of my bones they reproach me.” The Vulgate, “While they break my bones they reproach me.” Luther, “It is as death in my bones, that my enemies reproach me.” The idea in the Hebrew is, that their reproaches were like breaking or crushing his very bones. The idea of the “sword” is not in the original. Mine enemies reproach me - That is, as one forsaken of God, and…”

“As - As a sword, which cutteth the very bones, so painful are their reproaches. Next: Psalms Chapter 43”

“As with: Psa 42:3; Pro 12:18; Luk 2:35 sword: or, killing while: Psa 42:3; Joe 2:17; Mic 7:10 Psalms 42:11”