Psalms 102:3 meaning and explanation

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

Psalms 102:3, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is a suffering believer, possibly among the exiles, pouring out a lament before God. In verse 3 he describes his affliction with two images: his days disappear like smoke, brief and without substance, and his bones burn like glowing embers, as though fever or grief were consuming him from the inside.

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