Psalms 102:5

Psalms 102:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
• New International Version (NIV)In my distress I groan aloud and am reduced to skin and bones.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my skin.

Context of Psalms 102:5

3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. 4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones. 6I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins. 7I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

Psalms 102:5 word by word

מִקּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗י לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Through my loudקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• groaningאֲנָחָה'ănâchâh · sighingH585
• my skinבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• hangs onדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692
• my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106

Cross-references for Psalms 102:5

• Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
• Psalms 38:8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
• Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
• Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
• Lamentations 4:8But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

Commentaries on Psalms 102:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5By reason of the voice of my groaning - By suffering and trouble, so great as to produce groaning, my flesh is wasted away. My bones cleave to my skin - Margin, “flesh.” The Hebrew word means “flesh.” The effect described is that of a wasting away or an emaciation of flesh from deep distress, so that the bones became prominent, and had nothing to hide them from view; so that they seemed to adhere fast to the flesh itself. See the notes at Job 19:20.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5skin hangs on my bones: The psalmist has become very thin due to his deep sorrow (see Psalm 102:9; 109:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. voice ... groaning--effect put for cause, my agony emaciates me.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 102:5

• Afflictions and Adversities

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• Cleave
• Create
• Destitute
• Flesh
• Regard
• Accommodation
• Groan
• Job, Book of
• Psalms, Book of
• Skin

Commentaries on Psalms 102

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings