Psalms 102:5
From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
In Context
4Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.
6I have been like to a pelican of the wilderness, I have been as an owl of the dry places.
Cross References
1 Samuel 1:7And so he doth year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Jehovah, so it provoketh her, and she weepeth, and doth not eat.
Job 19:20To my skin and to my flesh Cleaved hath my bone, And I deliver myself with the skin of my teeth.
Psalms 6:8Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,
Psalms 38:8I have been feeble and smitten — unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.
Proverbs 17:22A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.
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 →