Psalm 102:5 {101:6}
Good News Translation
I groan aloud; I am nothing but skin and bones.

New Revised Standard Version
Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my skin.

Contemporary English Version
My groaning never stops, and my bones can be seen through my skin.

New American Bible
From my loud groaning I become just skin and bones.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.

the voice

Psalm 6:6,8 I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears. . . .

Psalm 32:3,4 Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long. . . .

Psalm 38:8-10 I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning of my heart. . . .

Job 19:20 The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

Proverbs 17:22 A joyful mind maketh age flourishing: a sorrowful spirit drieth up the bones.

Lamentations 4:8 Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.

skin, or, flesh

Context
The Prayer of the Afflicted
4I am smitten as grass, and my heart is withered: because I forgot to eat my bread. 5Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.6I am become like to a pelican of the wilderness: I am like a night raven in the house.…
Cross References
Job 19:20
The flesh being consumed, my bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.

Job 33:21
His flesh shall be consumed away, and his bones that were covered shall be made bare.

Psalm 38:9
Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee.

Lamentations 4:8
Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood.

Psalm 102:4
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