Psalms 102:5
I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
In Context
4For my days are vanished like smoke: and my bones are grown dry like fuel for the fire.
6Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:7And thus she did every year, when the time returned that they went up to the temple of the Lord: and thus she provoked her: but Anna wept, and did not eat.
Job 19:20The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.
Psalms 6:8My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.
Psalms 38:8For my loins are filled with illusions; and there is no health in my flesh.
Proverbs 17:22A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.
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 →