Psalms 102:3
For my dayes are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt like an herthe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
In Context
4Mine heart is smitten and withereth like grasse, because I forgate to eate my bread.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skinne is blacke vpon me, and my bones are burnt with heate.
Psalms 27:9Hide not therefore thy face from mee, nor cast thy seruat away in displeasure: thou hast bene my succour: leaue me not, neither forsake mee, O God of my saluation.
Psalms 31:10For my life is wasted with heauinesse, and my yeeres with mourning: my strength faileth for my paine, and my bones are consumed.
Psalms 38:3There is nothing sound in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there rest in my bones because of my sinne.
Lamentations 1:13From aboue hath hee sent fire into my bones, which preuaile against them: he hath spred a net for my feete, and turned me backe: hee hath made me desolate, and daily in heauinesse.
James 4:14(And yet ye cannot tell what shalbe to morowe. For what is your life? It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle time, and afterward 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 →