KJV ORIGINAL
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Because of all my groaning and crying out, I have become so thin that my bones show through my skin.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is describing how intense grief and suffering have physically wasted away his body.
📚 Historical Context
Psalm 102 is titled 'A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord.' This psalm was likely written during a time of national crisis, possibly during the Babylonian exile when Jerusalem lay in ruins. The psalmist uses vivid physical imagery to describe the devastating effects of prolonged anguish and despair.
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