King James Version

Psalms 102:3

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 102:4.

כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…כָל֣וּkhalvceaseכָּלָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “cease”, a completed actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…בְעָשָׁ֣ןveashanin smokeעָשָׁןpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in smoke”, the ordinary formH6227smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)smoke(-ing).יָמָ֑יyamayas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “as long as”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗יveatsmotayand bodyעֶצֶםconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and body”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsamebody, bone, [idiom] life, (self-) same, strength, [idiom] very.כְּמוֹkemvoas thusכְּמוֹpreposition, pronoun, indefinite — “as thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.קֵ֥דqedburningמוֹקֵדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “burning”, the ordinary formH4168a fire or fuel; abstractly, a conflagrationburning, hearth.נִחָֽרוּnicharvburnחָרַרverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “burn”, a completed actionH2787to glow, i.e. literally (to melt, burn, dry up) or figuratively (to show or incite passion)be angry, burn, dry, kindle.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(102-4) For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.

Young’s Literal Translation

For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

World English Bible

For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch.

Darby Translation

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.

Douay-Rheims

Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(102-4) For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For my days have vanished like smoke, and my bones have been parched like a stick.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι ἐξέλιπον ὡσεὶ καπνὸς αἱ ἡμέραι μου, καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ὡσεὶ φρύγιον συνεφρύγησαν.