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 Living Translation (NLT)Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones.

Context of Psalms 102:5

3For my days are consumed like smoke, And my bones are burned like a hearth. 4My heart is stricken and withered like grass, So that I forget to eat my bread. Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my skin. 6I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert. 7I lie awake, And am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.

Psalms 102:5 word by word

מִקּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗י לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• By reason of the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of my groaningאֲנָחָה'ănâchâh · sighingH585
• my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• cleaveדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692
• to my skinבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320

Cross-references for Psalms 102:5

• Psalms 6:6I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.
• Psalms 38:8I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
• Job 19:20My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
• Proverbs 17:22A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones.
• Lamentations 4:8Now their appearance is blacker than soot; They go unrecognized in the streets; Their skin clings to 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

Topics related to Psalms 102:5

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• 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