Psalms 102:5
(102:6) Because of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my flesh.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
In Context
4(102:5) Struck [by heat] like the herb and dried up is my heart; for I forget to eat my bread.
6(102:7) I am like the pelican of the wilderness: I am become like the owl amid ruins.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:7And he did so year by year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, so did she provoke her; wherefore she wept, and did not eat.
Job 19:20To my skin and to my flesh my bones do cleave, and I must sustain myself with the gums of my teeth.
Psalms 6:8(6:9) Depart from me, all ye workers of wickedness; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 38:8(38:9) I am made faint and crushed to the utmost; I cry aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
Proverbs 17:22A merry heart causeth a healthy appearance of the countenance, but a depressed 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 →