Psalms 102:9
Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
In Context
8All the day mine enemies reproached me, Those mad at me have sworn against me.
10From Thine indignation and Thy wrath, For Thou hast lifted me up, And dost cast me down.
Cross References
Job 3:24For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters [are] my roarings.
Psalms 42:11What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!
Psalms 80:5Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.
Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me [with] wormwood.
Micah 1:10In Gath tell ye not — in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself.
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 →