Salmi 102:3

3 Poiché i miei giorni svaniscono come fumo, e le mie ossa si consumano come un tizzone.

Salmi 102:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 102:3

For my days are consumed like smoke
Which suddenly rises up, is easily dissipated, and quickly disappears; so sudden, short, and transient, are the days of man's life; see ( James 4:14 ) or "in smoke" ^F3, as the Syriac version; his days were spent in great obscurity, in the darkness of affliction, temptation, and desertion; and in so much vexation, trouble, and uneasiness, as if he had lived in smoke all his time: and

my bones are burnt as an hearth;
on which fire is continually made for the preparation of food, and other uses: or as a "trivet", or "gridiron": so the Targum: or as a frying pan; so the Arabic version: the meaning is, that, through trouble and grief, his bones, the strongest parts of his body, the props and supports of it, were so weakened and enfeebled, the strength of them so exhausted, that they were as if they had been parched and burnt up, as the hearth by fire; see ( Proverbs 17:22 ) ( Psalms 22:15 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (Nveb) "in fumo", Montanus.

Salmi 102:3 In-Context

1 Preghiera dell’afflitto quand’è abbattuto e spande il suo lamento dinanzi all’Eterno. Deh ascolta la mia preghiera, o Eterno, e venga fino a te il mio grido!

2 Non mi nasconder la tua faccia nel dì della mia distretta; inclina a me il tuo orecchio; nel giorno che io grido, affrettati a rispondermi.

3 Poiché i miei giorni svaniscono come fumo, e le mie ossa si consumano come un tizzone.

4 Colpito è il mio cuore come l’erba, e si è seccato; perché ho dimenticato perfino di mangiare il mio pane.

5 A cagion della voce dei miei gemiti, le mie ossa s’attaccano alla mia carne.