Psalms 102:3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
In Context
4My heart is smitten and withered like grass; yea, I have forgotten to eat my bread.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin is become black [and falleth] off me, and my bones are parched with heat.
Psalms 27:9Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 31:10For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted.
Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.
Lamentations 1:13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; he hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; he hath made me desolate [and] faint all the day.
James 4:14ye who do not know what will be on the morrow, ([for] what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, appearing for a little while, and then disappearing,)
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 →