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The Prayer of the Afflicted

Psalms 102:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
KJV
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.skin: or, flesh
WEB
By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
ASV
By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
LSV
From the voice of my sighing || My bone has cleaved to my flesh.
YLT
From the voice of my sighing Hath my bone cleaved to my flesh.
DBY
By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh.
DRC101:6
Through the voice of my groaning, my bone hath cleaved to my flesh.
GNV
For the voyce of my groning my bones doe cleaue to my skinne.
JPS102:6
By reason of the voice of my sighing my bones cleave to my flesh.
LXXE101:6
By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bone has cleaved to my flesh.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC102:6
מִקּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗י לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃KJV:Ps.102.5
LXX-Br101:6
Ἀπὸ φωνῆς τοῦ στεναγμοῦ μου, ἐκολλήθη τὸ ὀστοῦν μου τῇ σαρκί μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 19:20My skin and flesh cling to my bones; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
  • Proverbs 17:22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
  • Lamentations 4:8But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
  • Psalms 6:8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
  • Psalms 32:3–4When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
  • Psalms 38:8–10I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
  • Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 102:6 in some Bibles
  • 102:5 in most Bibles

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