Psalm 102:3 “For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.”

Psalm 102:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

American Standard Version

For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

Geneva Bible 1599

For my dayes are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burnt like an herthe.

Darby Translation

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.

Young's Literal Translation

For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

Bible in Basic English

My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire.

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Cross references

“my days”

James 4:14 Psalm 37:20 Psalm 119:83

James 4:14 · BSB

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.

Psalm 37:20 · BSB

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 119:83 · BSB

Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.

“my bones”

Psalm 31:10 Lamentations 1:13 Job 30:30 Lamentations 3:4 Psalm 38:3 Psalm 22:14

Psalm 31:10 · BSB

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

Lamentations 1:13 · BSB

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.

Job 30:30 · BSB

My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

Lamentations 3:4 · BSB

He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.

Psalm 38:3 · BSB

There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

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