KJV ORIGINAL
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
My days are disappearing like smoke, and my bones feel like they're burning like a fireplace.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is expressing how his life feels like it's quickly fading away and his body is consumed with pain and suffering.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of Psalm 102, known as a prayer of someone who is deeply afflicted and crying out to God. The psalm was likely written during a time of national crisis, possibly during the Babylonian exile when Jerusalem was destroyed. The imagery of burning and smoke may reflect both personal anguish and the literal destruction the people witnessed.
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