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Psalms 102:5

102:4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. skin: or, flesh

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By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones stick to my skin.

102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

What does Psalms 102:5 mean?

Psalms 102:5 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קוֹל (qôwl), אֲנָחָה (ʼănâchâh), עֶצֶם (ʻetsem).

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By
reason
of
the
voiceקוֹלqôwl/kole/H6963a voice or sound
of
my
groaningאֲנָחָהʼănâchâh/an-aw-khaw'/H585sighing
my
bonesעֶצֶםʻetsem/eh'tsem/H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
cleaveדָּבַקdâbaq/daw-bak'/H1692properly, to impinge, i.e. cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
to
my
skin.בָּשָׂרbâsâr/baw-sawr'/H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
skin:
or,
flesh

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 102:5.

Exodus 12:46

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

Genesis 17:23

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Genesis 2:23

And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Woman: Heb. Isha Man: Heb. Ish

Genesis 2:24

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

Genesis 29:14

And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. the space: Heb. a month of days

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What does Psalms 102:5 say?

Psalms 102:5 (King James Version) reads: "By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. skin: or, flesh"

Is Psalms 102:5 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 102:5 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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