3
For my days (A)have been (a)consumed in smoke,
And my (B)bones have been scorched like a hearth.
4
My heart (C)has been smitten like (b)grass and has (D)withered away,
Indeed, I (E)forget to eat my bread.
5
Because of the (c)loudness of my groaning
My (F)bones (d)cling to my flesh.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 102:3: ['Or ', finished]
b. Psalm 102:4: ['Lit ', herbage]
c. Psalm 102:5: ['Lit ', voice]
d. Psalm 102:5: ['Lit ', have cleaved]

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