English Standard Version
Psalms 102:5
5Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my skin.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.
Context of Psalms 102:5
3For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace. 4My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread. Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh. 6I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places; 7I lie awake; I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.
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מִקּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗י לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 102:5
- Psalms 6:6I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
- Psalms 32:3For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 38:8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
- Job 19:20My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
- Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Lamentations 4:8Now their face is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as wood.
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
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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
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