Psalms 102:10
For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
In Context
9All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.
11Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth.
Psalms 30:6For wrath is in his indignation; and life in his good will. In the evening weeping shall have place, and in the morning gladness.
Psalms 38:18For I am ready for scourges : and my sorrow is continually before me.
Psalms 42:4My tears have been any bread day and night, whilst it is said to me daily : Where is thy God?
Psalms 90:7For in thy wrath we have fainted away: and are troubled in thy indignation.
Lamentations 1:18Sade. The Lord is just, for I have provoked his mouth to wrath: hear, I pray you, all ye people, and see my sorrow: my virgins, and my young men are gone into captivity.
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 →