Psalms 102:9
For, ashes—like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink—with my tears, have I mingled;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
In Context
8All the day, have mine enemies, reproached me, And, they who are mad against me, by me, have sworn.
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath, For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
Cross References
Job 3:24For, in the face of my food, my sighing, cometh in, and, poured out like the water, are my groans:
Psalms 42:11Why shouldst thou be sat down, O my soul? And why shouldst thou moan over me? Wait thou for God, for yet shall I praise him, As the triumph of my presence and my God.
Psalms 80:5Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
Lamentations 3:15He hath sated me with bitter things, hath drenched me with wormwood.
Micah 1:10In Gath, do not tell, in Accho, do not weep,—in Beth-l’aphrah, roll yourselves in 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 →