Psalms 102:9
\102:8\My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
In Context
8\102:7\I keep watch like a bird by itself on the house-top.
10\102:9\I have had dust for bread and my drink has been mixed with weeping:
Cross References
Job 3:24In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.
Psalms 42:11\42:10\The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?
Psalms 80:5\80:4\O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
Lamentations 3:15He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.
Micah 1:10Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 102:2-12
Complaints in Affliction. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , and let my cry come unto thee. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. 3 For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. 7 I… Read the whole commentary →