my days: Psalms 37:20, Psalms 119:83; James 4:14
like smoke: or (as some read) into smoke
my bones: Psalms 22:14-15, Psalms 31:10, Psalms 38:3; Job 30:30; Lamentations 1:13, Lamentations 3:4
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Psalms 102:3
Psalms 102:3
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