Psalms 102:3
For, consumed in smoke, are my days, And, my bones, like a burning mass, are scorched through;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
In Context
4Smitten like herbage, so is my heart dried up, For I have forgotten to eat my food.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin, turned black, and peeled off me, and, my bones, burned with heat:
Psalms 27:9Do not hide thy face from me, Do not repulse, in thine anger, thine own servant,—My help, thou hast been, Do not send me away nor forsake me, O my saving God!
Psalms 31:10For, consumed with sorrow, is my life, and my years with sighing,—My strength hath staggered with my humiliation, and, my bones, are without marrow.
Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh, By reason of thine indignation, There is no peace in my bones, By reason of my sin;
Lamentations 1:13From on high, sent he fire, among my bones, and laid them prostrate,—He spread out a net for my feet, he made me turn back, he made me desolate, all the day, faint.
James 4:14Men who are not versed in the morrow—of what sort your life [will be]; for ye are, a vapour—for a little, appearing, then, just disappearing!
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 →