Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionAs with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GLike a crushing blow to my bones, my adversaries taunt me — saying to me all day long: 'Where is your Elohim?'
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageLike a shattering wound in my bones, my enemies mock me, saying all day long: 'Where is your God?'
BSB
Berean Standard BibleLike the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Footnotes
*Retsaḥ* (רֶצַח) typically means 'murder' in biblical Hebrew, but here functions adverbially — *bəretasḥ* ('as with a murder-blow'), describing the effect of the enemy's taunts as lethally violent, not merely emotionally painful. The phrase *bəʿatsəmôtay* ('in my bones') locates this violence in the deep structure of the body — grief and humiliation have become skeletal, constitutional. The recurrence of the taunt 'Where is your God?' (cf. v.3) hammers with relentless rhythm, a liturgy of contempt. FOG renders 'crushing blow' to capture the violent physicality; FOG Message uses 'shattering wound' for visceral, embodied impact.
