Psalms 102:3
For my life is consumed like smoke, And my bones burn like a brand.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
In Context
4My heart is smitten and withered like grass; Yea, I forget to eat my bread.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones burn with heat.
Psalms 27:9O hide not thou thy face from me; Cast not thy servant away in displeasure! Thou hast been my help, do not leave me; Do not forsake me, O God, my helper!
Psalms 31:10For my life is wasted with sorrow, And my years with sighing; My strength faileth by reason of my affliction, And my bones are consumed on account of all my enemies.
Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger; Nor rest in my bones, because of my sin.
Lamentations 1:13“From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevailed against them: He hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; He hath made me desolate, faint all the day long.
James 4:14(whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away;)
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 →