Psalms 102:3
(102-4) For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
In Context
4(102-5) My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned 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 31:10(31-11) For my life is spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing; my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.
Psalms 38:3(38-4) There is no soundness in my flesh because of Thine indignation; neither is there any health 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.
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 →