Psalms 102:3
Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
In Context
2Hear, O Lord, my prayer: and let my cry come to thee.
4For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.
Psalms 27:9Turn not away thy face from me; decline not in thy wrath from thy servant. Be thou my helper, forsake me not; do not thou despise me, O God my Saviour.
Psalms 31:10Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
Psalms 38:3For thy arrows are fastened in me : and thy hand hath been strong upon me.
Lamentations 1:13Mem. From above he hath sent fire into my bones, and hath chastised me: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate, wasted with sorrow all the day long.
James 4:14Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow.
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 →