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 disappear like smoke, and my bones burn like red-hot coals. 4My heart is sick, withered like grass, and I have lost my appetite. Because of my groaning, I am reduced to skin and bones. 6I am like an owl in the desert, like a little owl in a far-off wilderness. 7I lie awake, lonely as a solitary bird on the roof.

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 worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.
• Psalms 32:3When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long.
• Psalms 38:8I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.
• Job 19:20I have been reduced to skin and bones and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.
• Proverbs 17:22A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
• Lamentations 4:8But now their faces are blacker than soot. No one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin sticks to their bones; it is as dry and hard 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