Psalms 102:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 4:14 : 14 You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
  • Lam 1:13 : 13 מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
  • Job 30:30 : 30 My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.
  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But evil men will die; the LORD’s enemies will be incinerated– they will go up in smoke.
  • Ps 31:10 : 10 For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.
  • Lam 3:4 : 4 ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.
  • Ps 38:3 : 3 My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.
  • Ps 119:83 : 83 For I am like a wineskin dried up in smoke. I do not forget your statutes.
  • Ps 22:14-15 : 14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me. 15 The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

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  • Ps 102:4-5
    2 verses
    83%

    4My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

  • Ps 102:8-11
    4 verses
    82%

    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

    9For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,

    10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

    11My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

  • Ps 31:9-10
    2 verses
    80%

    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

  • Job 17:1
    78%

    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

  • Ps 22:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

  • Lam 1:13
    77%

    13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

  • Lam 3:4
    77%

    4ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

  • Job 30:30
    76%

    30My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

  • Ps 102:2
    75%

    2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

  • Job 30:16-19
    4 verses
    75%

    16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

    17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.

    18With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.

    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

  • Ps 102:23-24
    2 verses
    75%

    23He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days.

    24I say,“O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations.

  • Lam 3:16
    74%

    16ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.

  • Ps 119:83
    74%

    83For I am like a wineskin dried up in smoke. I do not forget your statutes.

  • Job 33:21
    74%

    21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

  • Ps 32:3
    74%

    3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Job 17:11
    74%

    11My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.

  • Ps 38:10
    73%

    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

  • Job 13:28
    73%

    28So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

  • Ps 83:14
    73%

    14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

  • Ps 39:10
    73%

    10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!

  • Job 31:12
    73%

    12For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.

  • Ps 31:12
    72%

    12I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

  • Job 7:5-6
    2 verses
    72%

    5My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.

    6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

  • Isa 9:18
    72%

    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • Ps 39:3
    72%

    3my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words:

  • Ps 143:7
    72%

    7Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

  • Isa 38:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

    13I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life.

  • Ps 89:46
    72%

    46How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

  • Ps 141:7
    72%

    7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

  • Ps 6:2
    72%

    2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking!

  • Joel 1:19
    72%

    19To you, O LORD, I call out for help, for fire has burned up the pastures of the wilderness, flames have razed all the trees in the fields.

  • Job 6:17
    71%

    17When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

  • Lam 3:11
    71%

    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

  • Ps 6:7
    71%

    7My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

  • Job 17:7
    71%

    7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

  • Job 22:20
    71%

    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’