Psalms 102:9

Psalms 102:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
• New International Version (NIV)For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

Context of Psalms 102:9

7I am sleepless and lie awake [mourning], I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. 8My enemies taunt me all day long; Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse. For I have eaten ashes like bread, And have mingled my drink with tears 10Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and thrown me away. 11My days are like an evening shadow that lengthens and vanishes [with the sun]; And as for me, I wither away like grass.

Psalms 102:9 word by word

כִּי־אֵ֭פֶר כַּלֶּ֣חֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי וְ֝שִׁקֻּוַ֗י בִּבְכִ֥י מָסָֽכְתִּי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I have eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• ashesאֵ֫פֶר'êpher · ashesH665
• like breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• and mingledמָסַךְmâsak · to mixH4537
• my drinkשִׁקֻּוshiqqûv · drinkH8249
• with weepingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065

Cross-references for Psalms 102:9

• Psalms 69:21They (self-righteous hypocrites) also gave me gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
• Isaiah 44:20That kind of man (the idolater) feeds on ashes [and is satisfied with ashes]! A deceived mind has led him astray, so that he cannot save himself, or ask, “Is this thing [that I am holding] in my right hand not a lie?”
• Lamentations 3:15He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drunk with wormwood (bitterness).
• Micah 1:10Announce it not in Gath [in Philistia], Weep not at all [and in this way betray your grief to Gentiles]; In Beth-le-aphrah (House of Dust) roll in the dust [among your own people].
• Micah 7:17They shall lick the dust like a serpent; Like crawling things of the earth They shall come trembling out of their fortresses and hiding places. They shall turn and come with fear and dread to the Lord our God And they shall be afraid and stand in awe before You [O Lord].
• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 80:5You have fed them the bread of tears, And You have made them drink [bitter] tears in abundance.
• Job 3:24For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.
• Lamentations 3:48My eyes overflow with streams of tears Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people (Jerusalem).

Commentaries on Psalms 102:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I have eaten ashes like bread - Fearful of what they might do, we all humbled ourselves before thee, and sought thy protection; well knowing that, unless we were supernaturally assisted, we must all have perished; our enemies having sworn our destruction.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9For I have eaten ashes like bread - I have seated myself in ashes in my grief (compare Job 2:8; Job 42:6; Isaiah 58:5; Isaiah 61:3; Jonah 3:6; Daniel 9:3; Matthew 11:21); and ashes have become, as it were, my food. The ashes in which he sat had been mingled with his food. And mingled my drink with weeping - Tears have fallen into the cup from which I drank, and have become a part of my drink. The idea is, that he had shed copious tears; and that even when…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-28A weak and suffering person prays for the Lord's mercy on Jerusalem and for his presence with its people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. ashes--a figure of grief, my bread; weeping or tears, my drink (Psa 80:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 102:9

• Afflictions and Adversities

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Commentaries on Psalms 102

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings