Verse 5

My heart is afflicted and withered like grass, for I forget to eat my food.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 19:20 : 20 My bones cling to my skin and my flesh, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
  • Ps 6:8 : 8 My eyes grow weak from sorrow; they fail because of all my adversaries.
  • Prov 17:22 : 22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
  • Lam 4:8 : 8 Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones; it has become as dry as wood.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the heat of summer. Selah.
  • Ps 38:8-9 : 8 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no health in my body. 9 I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart. 10 O Lord, all my desires are before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.
  • Ps 6:6 : 6 For in death, no one remembers You; in the grave, who can give You thanks?