Psalms 102:5
3 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
4 My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
7 I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
- KJV
- By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
- WEB
- By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
- ASV
- By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
- DARBY
- By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh.
- BLB
- From the voice of my groaning, my bone has clung to my flesh.
- ÅB
- For mine lydelige sukks skyld henger mine ben ved mitt kjøtt.
- OTB
- På grunn av min intense stønning,
Henger mine ben fast ved mitt kjøtt. - B1930
- For mine lydelige sukks skyld henger mine ben ved mitt kjøtt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 19:20
My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Read in contextProverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Read in contextLamentations 4:8
But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
Read in contextPsalms 32:3–4
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Read in contextPsalms 38:8–10
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
Read in contextPsalms 6:8
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Read in contextPsalms 6:6
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
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