Psalms 102:4
My heart is scorched, withered like grass; I forget to eat my bread.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
In Context
3For my days pass away like smoke: my bones are burned through as with fire.
5By reason of my loud groaning, my flesh clings to my bones.
Cross References
Psalms 6:2Lord, be gracious to me in my weakness. Heal me Lord, for racked is my body;
Psalms 42:6I am sunk in my misery; I will therefore call you to mind from the land of Jordan and Hermon, the mountain Mizar.
Psalms 69:20Insult has broken my heart, past cure are my shame and confusion. For pity I looked – there was none! And for comforters, but I found none.
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 →