Psalms 102:5

5 Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.

Psalms 102:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 102:5

By reason of the voice of my groaning
Under the burden of sin, and pressure of afflictions:

my bones cleave to my skin;
was quite emaciated, reduced to a skeleton, became nothing but skin and bone ^F5; which sometimes is occasioned, as by outward afflictions, so by soul troubles: or "to my flesh" ^F6; flesh is put for skin; see ( Job 19:20 ) ( 4:8 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 "Ossa atque pellis sum", Plauti Capteivei, Act. 1. Sc. 2. v. 26. Asinaria 3. 6. v. 28.
F6 (yrvbl) "carni meae", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus

Psalms 102:5 In-Context

3 For my days disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals.

4 My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite.

5 Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.

6 I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness.

7 I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.