Psalm 102:5

5 In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.

Psalm 102:5 in Other Translations

5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

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

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

5 My jaws ache from gritting my teeth; I'm nothing but skin and bones.

5 By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.

5 I am nothing but skin and bones because of my loud groans.

5 Because of the sound of my groaning, my flesh sticks to my bones.

5 I groan out loud because of my suffering. I'm nothing but skin and bones.

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 like smoke; my bones burn like glowing embers.

4 My heart is blighted and withered like grass; I forget to eat my food.

5 In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.

6 I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

7 I lie awake; I have become like a bird alone on a roof.

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 6:6