Psalms 102:9
(102-10) For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
In Context
8(102-9) Mine enemies taunt me all the day; they that are mad against me do curse by me.
10(102-11) Because of Thine indignation and Thy wrath; for Thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
Cross References
Job 3:24For my sighing cometh instead of my food, and my roarings are poured out like water.
Psalms 42:11(42-12) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 80:5(80-6) Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.
Micah 1:10Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself 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 →