Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For I eat ashes as my food and mingle my drink with tears New Living Translation I eat ashes for food. My tears run down into my drink English Standard Version For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink, Berean Standard Bible For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears King James Bible For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, New King James Version For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, New American Standard Bible For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mixed my drink with weeping NASB 1995 For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping NASB 1977 For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, Legacy Standard Bible For I have eaten ashes like bread And mixed my drinks with weeping Amplified Bible For I have eaten ashes like bread, And have mingled my drink with tears Christian Standard Bible I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears Holman Christian Standard Bible I eat ashes like bread and mingle my drinks with tears American Standard Version For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, Contemporary English Version Instead of food, I have ashes to eat and tears to drink, English Revised Version For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. GOD'S WORD® Translation I eat ashes like bread and my tears are mixed with my drink International Standard Version I have eaten ashes as food and mixed my drink with tears Majority Standard Bible For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears NET Bible For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears, New Heart English Bible For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears, Webster's Bible Translation For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, World English Bible For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mixed my drink with tears, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionBecause I have eaten ashes as bread, "" And have mingled my drink with weeping, Young's Literal Translation Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled, Smith's Literal Translation For I ate ashes as bread, and I mingled my drink with weeping. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible I eat ashes like bread, mingle my drink with tears. New Revised Standard Version For I eat ashes like bread, and mingle tears with my drink, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleI have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping, Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because I have eaten ashes like bread and I have mixed my drink with weeping OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping, Brenton Septuagint Translation For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and mingled my drink with weeping; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Prayer of the Afflicted…8All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me. 9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears 10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.… Cross References Job 30:4-5 They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food. / They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves, Lamentations 3:15-16 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood. / He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. Ezekiel 24:17 Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.” Ezekiel 24:22 Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners. 1 Kings 19:4-5 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” / Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” Isaiah 30:20 The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him. Jeremiah 15:17 I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation. Jeremiah 9:15 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. Jeremiah 23:15 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.” Psalm 42:3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?” Psalm 80:5 You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears. Psalm 69:21 They poisoned my food with gall and gave me vinegar to quench my thirst. Matthew 27:34 they offered Him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but after tasting it, He refused to drink it. Matthew 27:48 One of them quickly ran and brought a sponge. He filled it with sour wine, put it on a reed, and held it up for Jesus to drink. Mark 15:23 There they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it. Treasury of Scripture For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. I Have Psalm 69:21 They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. Isaiah 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? Lamentations 3:15,16 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood… mingled Psalm 42:3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? Psalm 80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. Job 3:24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. Jump to Previous Ashes Bread Drink Dust Eat Eaten Food Mingle Mingled Mixed Tears WeepingJump to Next Ashes Bread Drink Dust Eat Eaten Food Mingle Mingled Mixed Tears WeepingPsalm 102 1. The prophet in his prayer makes a grievous complaint.12. He takes comfort in the eternity, and mercy of God 18. The mercies of God are to be recorded 23. He sustains his weakness by the unchangeableness of God. For I have eaten The phrase "For I have eaten" suggests a personal and intimate experience of suffering. In the Hebrew context, eating is often associated with taking something into oneself, making it a part of one's being. The psalmist is expressing a deep, internalized sorrow. This imagery of consuming sorrow reflects the profound grief and lamentation that permeates the human experience, especially in times of distress. It is a vivid portrayal of how suffering can become a part of one's daily life, as unavoidable as eating. ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears "But even while I drank the brook, and ate The goodly apples, all these things at once Fell into dust, and I was left alone." . . . Verse 9. - For I have eaten ashes like bread; i.e. "the 'ashes' of humiliation have been my food. I have, as it were, fed on them." A literal mingling of ashes with his food is not to be thought cf. And mingled my drink with weeping (comp. Psalm 42:3; Psalm 80:5).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I have eaten אָכָ֑לְתִּי (’ā·ḵā·lə·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 398: To eat ashes אֵ֭פֶר (’ê·p̄er) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 665: Ashes like bread כַּלֶּ֣חֶם (kal·le·ḥem) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain and mixed מָסָֽכְתִּי׃ (mā·sā·ḵə·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 4537: To mix, produce by mixing my drink וְ֝שִׁקֻּוַ֗י (wə·šiq·qu·way) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 8249: A draught with tears, בִּבְכִ֥י (biḇ·ḵî) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1065: A weeping, a dripping Links Psalm 102:9 NIVPsalm 102:9 NLT Psalm 102:9 ESV Psalm 102:9 NASB Psalm 102:9 KJV Psalm 102:9 BibleApps.com Psalm 102:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 102:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 102:9 French Bible Psalm 102:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 102:9 For I have eaten ashes like bread (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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