Psalm 102:3

3 Pues mis días desaparecen como el humo,
y los huesos me arden como carbones al rojo vivo.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 102:3 In-Context

1 Salmo 102
Oración de quien está abrumado de problemas y se desahoga ante el Señor
.
S
, ¡oye mi oración!
¡Escucha mi ruego!

2 No te alejes de mí
en el tiempo de mi angustia.
Inclínate para escuchar
y no tardes en responderme cuando te llamo.

3 Pues mis días desaparecen como el humo,
y los huesos me arden como carbones al rojo vivo.

4 Tengo el corazón angustiado, marchito como la hierba,
y perdí el apetito.

5 Por mi gemir,
quedé reducido a piel y huesos.