Psalms 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Psalms 102:5 in other translations
| BSB | Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones. |
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| WEB | By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin. |
| ASV | By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh. |
| YLT | From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh. |
| DARBY | By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh. |
| BBE | Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone. |
| Webster | By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my skin. |
What does Psalms 102:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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…
Psalms 102:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 102:5
- Job 19:20
My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
- Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
- Lamentations 4:8
Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.
- Psalms 32:3-4
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- Psalms 38:8-10
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
- Psalms 6:8
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
- Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
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Context
- Psalms 102:4
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
- Psalms 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
- Psalms 102:6
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Psalms 102:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por la voz de mi gemido mis huesos se han pegado á mi carne. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mon cœur est frappé, et est desséché comme l’herbe; car j’ai oublié de manger mon pain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ob der Stimme meines Seufzens klebt mein Gebein an meinem Fleische. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui replet in bonis desiderium tuum; renovabitur ut aquilæ juventus tua: |