Psalms 102:4
He redeems your life from destruction. He crowns you with mercy and compassion.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
In Context
3He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities.
5He satisfies your desire with good things. Your youth will be renewed like that of the eagle.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:17Then the elders of his house came, urging him to rise up from the ground. And he was not willing, nor would he eat a meal with them.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Lord are in me, my spirit drinks of their indignation, and the terrors of the Lord are soldiers against me.
Job 30:30My skin has become blackened over me, and my bones have dried up because of the heat.
Psalms 6:2O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your anger.
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 →