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Grief's Physical Toll
Commentators explain that the imagery of 'days consumed like smoke' and 'bones burned' is not merely poetic. It vividly describes the physical wasting that can accompany deep emotional and spiritual anguish. Scholars like Spurgeon and Gill note how profound sorrow can feel like a fever, consuming one's strength from the inside out, affecting even the 'most solid and substantial part' of the body.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 102:3
18th Century
Theologian
For my days are consumed like smoke - Margin, “into smoke.” Literally, “in smoke.” That is, they vanish as smoke; they pass away an…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 102:3
19th Century
Bishop
Like smoke. —Or, in smoke. (See margin. Compare to Psalms 37:20.)
Hearth. —Better, a brand
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 102:3–4
19th Century
Preacher
For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to ea…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 102:3
16th Century
Theologian
For my days are consumed like smoke. These expressions are hyperbolic, but they still show how deeply the desolation of the Church ought t…
John Gill
On Psalms 102:3
17th Century
Pastor
For my days are consumed like smoke
Which suddenly rises up, is easily dissipated, and quickly disappears; so sudden…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 102:1–11
17th Century
Minister
The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; but here, as often elsewhere, the Holy Spirit has put words into our mouths. Here is a pray…