- like a bottle in the smoke:
- As the bottles in the East are made of skin, it is evident that one of these hung up in the smoke must soon be parched, shrivelled up, lose all its strength, and become unsightly and useless. Thus the Psalmist appeared to himself to have become useless and despicable, through the exhausted state of his body and mind, by long bodily afflictions and mental distress. "My strengthª is dried upª° like a potsherd;ª and my tongueª cleavethª° to my jaws;ª and thou hast broughtª° me into the dustª of death.ª" {Psa 22:15} + "For¹ my daysª are consumedª° like smoke,ª and my bonesª are burnedª° as¹ an hearth.ª ... My heartª is smitten,ª° and witheredª° like grass;ª so¹ that I forgetª° to eatª°¹ my bread.ª" {Psa 102:3-4} + "My skinª is blackª° upon¹¹ me, and my bonesª are burnedª° with¹ heat.ª" {Job 30:30}
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