Psalms 102:9
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
- KJV
- For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
- WEB
- For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears,
- ASV
- For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,
- DARBY
- For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
- BLB
- For I have eaten ashes like bread, and my drink I have mingled with weeping,
- ÅB
- For jeg spiser aske som brød og blander min drikk med gråt
- OTB
- For jeg har spist aske som om det var brød,
Og blandet min drikk med tårer - B1930
- For jeg eter aske som brød og blander min drikk med gråt
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 42:3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Read in contextJob 3:24
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:20
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Read in contextPsalms 80:5
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Read in contextLamentations 3:48–49
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Read in contextMicah 1:10
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Read in contextPsalms 69:21
They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Read in contextLamentations 3:15–16
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
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