Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. ¹ 

biblegateway Psa 102:5

Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh.

Because of the sound of my groaning, my flesh sticks to my bones.

I am nothing but skin and bones because of my loud groans.

biblegateway Psa 102:5

Because of my loud groaning I am reduced to skin and bones.

Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.

bibleoremus Psa 102:5

Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my skin.

I groan aloud; I am just skin and bone.

biblegateway Psa 102:5

Because of the sound of my groaning My bones cling to my skin.

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

biblegateway Psa 102:5

Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. ¹ 

¹ tn Heb “from the sound of my groaning my bone[s] stick to my flesh.” The preposition at the beginning of the verse is causal; the phrase “sound of my groaning” is metonymic for the anxiety that causes the groaning. The point seems to be this: Anxiety (which causes the psalmist to groan) keeps him from eating (v. 4). This physical deprivation in turn makes him emaciated – he is turned to “skin and bones,” so to speak.