King James Version
Psalms 102:5 in the King James Version says “By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. skin: or, flesh” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 102 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. skin: or, flesh”
Psalms 102:5 · KJV
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. like: or, (as some read) into smoke
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
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“cleave”
H1692properly, to impinge, i.e., cling or adhere; figuratively, to catch by pursuit
“my bones”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
“to my skin”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
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