Lamentations 3:4

Israel's Affliction

³ Yes, He repeatedly turns His hand
against me all day long. ⁴ ב BetHe has worn away my flesh and skin;
He has shattered my bones.
⁵ He has laid siege against me,
encircling me with bitterness and hardship.

My Flesh

Psalm 51:8

Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Isaiah 38:13

I thought until the morning:
He will break all my bones like a lion;
You make an end of me day and night.

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a stray lamb, chased by lions.
The first who devoured him was the king of Assyria;
the last one who crushed his bones
was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

Psalm 31:9-10

Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being as well.

Psalm 38:2-8

For Your arrows have sunk into me,
and Your hand has pressed down on me.

Psalm 102:3-5

For my days vanish like smoke,
and my bones burn like a furnace.

Job 16:8-9

You have shriveled me up—it has become a witness;
My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are disjointed;
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.

Psalm 32:3

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle
from my groaning all day long.