Psalms 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
King James Version
In Context
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:7And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
Job 19:20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 38:8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Proverbs 17:22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth 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 →