Psalm 102:3

Modern

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

Traditional

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

Literal

For my days come to an end like smoke, and my bones like a burning wick have been charred.

Latin

Quia defecerunt sicut fumus dies mei, et ossa mea sicut cremium aruerunt.

Hebrew

English

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

A weak and suffering person prays for the Lord's mercy on Jerusalem and for his presence with its people.

Theme notes and profiles

James 4:14
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
Lamentations 1:13
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
Psalm 31:10
For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
Job 30:30
My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
Psalm 37:20
But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
Psalm 22:14–15
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
Psalm 119:83
Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
Lamentations 3:4
He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
Psalm 38:3
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.