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Psalms 102:5

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By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
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  1. Job 19:20Rank 1 from verse 5
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    20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

  2. Proverbs 17:22Rank 2 from verse 5
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    22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  3. Lamentations 4:8Rank 3 from verse 5
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    8Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

  4. Psalms 32:3–4Rank 4 from verse 5
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    3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

    4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

  5. Psalms 38:8–10Rank 5 from verse 5
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    8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

    9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

    10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

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Psalms 102:5

COMBINED MEANING

reason

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A ground or cause; understanding or judgment; to think, discuss, or argue.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

groaning

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The deep inward or audible expression of pain, bondage, affliction, sorrow, burden, or longing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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cleave

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Sense 1: To split or divide. Sense 2: To cling closely or remain joined.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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skin

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Sense 1: The natural outer covering of a person or animal; the hide or exterior covering. Sense 2: To strip off the skin or hide.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.

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6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

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