Psalm 102:5
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5 Because of my loud groaning,
my bones cling to my skin.(A)
Job 19:20
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20 My bones cling to my skin and to my flesh,
and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.(A)
Lamentations 4:8
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8 Now their visage is blacker than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
it has become as dry as wood.(A)
Proverbs 17:22
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22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.(A)
Psalm 6:8
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8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.(A)
Psalm 38:8-10
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8 I am utterly spent and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.(A)
9 O Lord, all my longing is known to you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.(B)
10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me;
as for the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
Psalm 32:3-4
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3 While I kept silent, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.(A)
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah(B)
Footnotes
- 32.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 6:6
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6 I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
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