Psalms 102:5
(102-6) By reason of the voice of my sighing my bones cleave to my flesh.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
In Context
4(102-5) My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; for I forget to eat my bread.
6(102-7) I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she vexed her; therefore she wept, and would not eat.
Job 19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 6:8(6-9) Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 38:8(38-9) I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.
Proverbs 17:22A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth 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 →