Psalms 102:3
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 102 connects to 10 cross-references. A prayer of the afflicted — the heading is unique in describing the psalmist's distress — lamenting wasted days, dried bones, and reproach from enemies. The pivot comes with meditation on God's everlasting throne. God will arise and have pity …
Other Translations
For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.
My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.
Cross References
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because …
But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall …
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and …
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me …
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it …
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for …
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, …