Psalms 102:3 - Exposition

For my days are consumed like smoke; or, according to another reading ( בעשׁר , instead of כעשׁר ), "are consumed into smoke," i.e. "disappear, pass away into nothingness." And my bones are burned as an hearth. Dr. Kay translates, "My bones smoulder like a firebrand, " which is better (compare the Prayer book Version, and see Le Psalms 6:2 and Isaiah 33:14 ). (For the sentiment, see Psalms 31:10 ; Psalms 32:3 ; Psalms 42:10 .)