Psalm 102:5

5 Because of the sound of my groaning my bones cling to my skin.

Psalm 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

Psalm 102:5 In-Context

3 for my days vanish in smoke, and my bones are charred like a hearth.

4 My heart is struck like grass and withers. Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.

5 Because of the sound of my groaning my bones cling to my skin.

6 I am like an owl of [the] wilderness; I am like a little owl of [the] ruins.

7 I lie awake and I am like a lone bird on a roof.

Footnotes

• [a] Hebrew "bone"
• [b] Hebrew "flesh"