Psalms 102:5
Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
In Context
4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:7And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Psalms 38:8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries 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 →