Psalms 102 · Verse 3

Psalms 102:3

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Psalms 102:3, King James Version

Psalms 102:3 in other translations

BSBFor my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
WEBFor my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.
ASVFor my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
YLTFor consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
DARBYFor my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
BBEMy days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.
WebsterFor my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

What does Psalms 102:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 102:1-3

Psa 102:1-28. A Prayer of the afflicted, &c.--The general terms seem to denote the propriety of regarding the Psalm as suitably expressive of the anxieties of any one of David's descendants, piously concerned for the welfare of the Church. It was probably David's composition, and, though specially suggested by some peculiar trials, descriptive of future times. Overwhelmed--(compare Psa 61:2). Poureth out--pouring…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 My days are consumed like smoke - He represents himself (for the psalmist speaks in the name of the people) under the notion of a pile of combustible matter, placed upon a fire, which soon consumes it; part flying away in smoke, and the residue lying on the hearth in the form of charred coal and ashes. The Chaldeans were the fire, and the captive Jews the fuel, thus converted into smoke and ashes.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 102:1-11

The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but here, is often elsewhere, the Holy Ghost has put words into our mouths. Here is a prayer put into the hands of the afflicted; let them present it to God. Even good men may be almost overwhelmed with afflictions. It is our duty and interest to pray; and it is comfort to an afflicted spirit to unburden itself, by a humble representation of its griefs. We must…

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Psalms 102:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
כָל֣וּkha.Luthey have come to an endH3615
בְעָשָׁ֣ןve.'a.Shanin smokeH6227
יָמָ֑יya.Maidays myH3117
וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗יve.'atz.mo.Taiand bones myH6106
כְּמוֹ\־ke.mov-likeH3644
קֵ֥דkeda hearthH4168
נִחָֽרוּ\׃ni.Cha.ruthey have been burnedH2787

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 102:3

  • James 4:14

    Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

  • Psalms 31:10

    For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

  • Lamentations 1:13

    From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

  • Job 30:30

    My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

  • Psalms 37:20

    But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

  • Psalms 22:14-15

    I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

  • Lamentations 3:4

    My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

  • Psalms 119:83

    For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.

  • Psalms 38:3

    There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my days.
37:20; 119:83; Jas 4:14
like smoke. or, (as some read) into smoke. my bones.
22:14,15; 31:10; 38:3; Job 30:30; La 1:13; 3:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 102:2

    Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

  • Psalms 102:3

    For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

  • Psalms 102:4

    My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

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Psalms 102:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque mis días se han consumido como humo; y mis huesos cual tizón están quemados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ne me cache pas ta face; au jour de ma détresse, incline vers moi ton oreille; au jour où je crie, hâte-toi, réponds-moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn wie Rauch entschwinden meine Tage, und meine Gebeine glühen wie ein Brand.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui propitiatur omnibus iniquitatibus tuis; qui sanat omnes infirmitates tuas: