102:3 For my days go up in smoke, 1
and my bones are charred like a fireplace. 2
119:83 For 3 I am like a wineskin 4 dried up in smoke. 5
I do not forget your statutes.
1 tn Heb “for my days come to an end in smoke.”
2 tn The Hebrew noun מוֹ־קֵד (mo-qed, “fireplace”) occurs only here, in Isa 33:14 (where it refers to the fire itself), and perhaps in Lev 6:2.
3 tn Or “even though.”
4 tn The Hebrew word נֹאד (no’d, “leather container”) refers to a container made from animal skin which is used to hold wine or milk (see Josh 9:4, 13; Judg 4:19; 1 Sam 16:20).
5 tn Heb “in the smoke.”