Psalms 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
In Context
4My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread.
6I am like a pelican of the wilderness. I have become as an owl of the waste places.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:7So year by year, when she went up to the LORD’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
Job 19:20My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh. I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 38:8I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
Proverbs 17:22A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries 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 →