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 watch, and am become like a sparrow That is alone upon the house-top. 8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me. For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, 10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away. 11My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

Psalms 102:9 word by word

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

Cross-references for Psalms 102:9

• Psalms 69:21They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
• Isaiah 44:20He feedeth on ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Lamentations 3:15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
• Micah 1:10Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
• Micah 7:17They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
• Psalms 80:5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
• Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
• Lamentations 3:48Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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