Psalms 102:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם חֵרְפ֣וּנִי אוֹיְבָ֑י מְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗י בִּ֣י נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃

Transliteration

All hayyôm ḥērpûnî ʾôyᵉḇāy mᵉhôlālay by me nišbāʿû

Grammar Details

*kāl*: adjective, masculine singular construct - all/whole
*hayyôm*: article + noun, masculine singular - the day
*ḥērpûnî*: verb, Piel perfect, 3rd common plural + 1st person singular suffix - they reproach me
*ʾôyᵉḇāy*: noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my enemies
*mᵉhôlālay*: Poel participle, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my mockers/those raging against me
*bî*: preposition + 1st person singular suffix - by/against me
*nišbāʿû*: verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they swear

Word Meanings

*hayyôm*: the day/all day
*ḥērpûnî*: they reproach me/taunt me/insult me
*ʾôyᵉḇāy*: my enemies/adversaries
*mᵉhôlālay*: my mockers/those raging against me/those who deride me
*nišbāʿû*: they swear/take an oath

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 80:5 : 5 Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
Isa 44:20 : 20 He 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?
Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood. 16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
Lam 3:48-49 : 48 Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Mic 1:10 : 10 Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
Mic 7:17 : 17 They 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.
Ps 69:21 : 21 They gave me also gall for my food; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
Job 3:24 : 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Lam 3:14-17
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14I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
16He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones; he hath covered me with ashes.
17And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
Ps 102:3-6
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3For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand.
4My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread.
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Ps 102:10-11
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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.
Ps 102:8
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8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.
Job 30:19
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19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
Ps 42:3
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3My tears have been my food day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Job 3:24
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24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
Ps 69:9-11
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9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
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Job 16:15-16
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15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
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Ps 69:20-21
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20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.
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Lam 1:11-13
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11All her people sigh, they seek bread; They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: See, O Jehovah, and behold; for I am become abject.
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Ps 22:14-15
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14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
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19Remember mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Ps 31:9-10
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9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
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Job 6:7
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Ps 143:3-4
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Lam 1:16
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Ps 6:7
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2 Kgs 19:24
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Job 16:20
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Job 30:31
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Jer 10:19
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Job 30:28
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