Psalms 102:5

5 Because of my loud groaning my ¹bones cling to my flesh.

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 ) .

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

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Psalms 102:5 In-Context

3 For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.

4 My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.

5 Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.

6 I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places;

7 I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

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1. See Job 19:20

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Psalms 102:5

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Psalms 102:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 102:5 In-Context

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