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 like a sparrow alone upon the housetop. 8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; they that are mad against me swear 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 lifted me up, and cast me down. 11My days are like a lengthened-out shadow, and I, 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 69:21Yea, they gave me 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, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
• Lamentations 3:15He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
• Micah 1:10Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
• Micah 7:17They shall lick dust like the serpent; like crawling things of the earth, they shall come trembling forth from their close places. They shall turn with fear to Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my bread day and night, while they say unto me all the day, 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 my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
• Lamentations 3:48Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin 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