Psalms 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
World English Bible
In The King James Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
In Context
8My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.
10because of your indignation and your wrath; for you have taken me up and thrown me away.
Cross References
Job 3:24For my sighing comes before I eat. My groanings are poured out like water.
Psalms 42:11Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 80:5You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness. He has stuffed me with wormwood.
Micah 1:10Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself 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 →