Psalms 102:3
For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
In Context
4Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
Cross References
Job 30:30My skin hath been black upon me, And my bone hath burned from heat,
Psalms 27:9Hide not Thy face from me, Turn not aside in anger Thy servant, My help Thou hast been. Leave me not, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 31:10For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.
Psalms 38:3Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.
Lamentations 1:13From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate — all the day sick.
James 4:14who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;
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 →