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for my days vanish in smoke,
and my bones are charred like a hearth.
My heart is struck like grass and withers.
Indeed, I forget to eat[a] my bread.
Because of the sound of my groaning
my bones[b] cling to my skin.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 102:4 A rare homonym might yield “I am too wilted to eat”
  2. Psalm 102:5 Hebrew “bone”
  3. Psalm 102:5 Hebrew “flesh”

For my days vanish like smoke;(A)
    my bones(B) burn like glowing embers.
My heart is blighted and withered like grass;(C)
    I forget to eat my food.(D)
In my distress I groan aloud(E)
    and am reduced to skin and bones.

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