Psalm 102:5
By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
Cross-references
In Psalm 6:6, groaning leads to weariness — the same connection between groaning and physical distress as here.
In Psalm 32:3, bones wax old through roaring — both describe bones affected by unconfessed or expressed anguish.
In Psalm 38:8-10, groaning, feeble heart, and failing strength closely mirror the bones cleaving from groaning here.
Psalm 38:3 also speaks of bones affected by sin — no rest in bones parallels bones cleaving from groaning here.
Psalm 38:9 also mentions groaning before the Lord — the same expression of distress that causes bones to cleave here.
Psalm 109:24 describes flesh failing from fasting — another physical wasting similar to bones cleaving from groaning here.
In Job 19:20, 'my bone cleaveth to my skin' is nearly identical — a direct verbal parallel of extreme wasting.
Lamentations 4:8 describes skin cleaving to bones from famine — the same physical wasting imagery as the psalmist's groaning causing bones to cleave.
Proverbs 17:22 contrasts a merry heart with a broken spirit that dries the bones — mirroring the physical toll of groaning here.