Psalms 102:5
\102:4\My heart is broken; it has become dry and dead like grass, so that I give no thought to food.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
In Context
4\102:3\My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.
6\102:5\Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:7And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.
Job 19:20My bones are joined to my skin, and I have got away with my flesh in my teeth.
Psalms 6:8\6:7\My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.
Psalms 38:8\38:7\For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
Proverbs 17:22A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:2-12
Complaints in Affliction. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I… Read the whole commentary →