Psalms 102:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־כָל֣וּ בְעָשָׁ֣ן יָמָ֑י וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗י כְּמוֹ־קֵ֥ד נִחָֽרוּ׃

Transliteration

For ḵālû in ʿāšān yāmāy and ʿaṣmôtay like-qēḏ niḥārû

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ḵālû*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are consumed/ended
*ḇᵉʿāšān*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in smoke
*yāmāy*: noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my days
*wᵉ*: conjunction - and
*ʿaṣmôtay*: noun, feminine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my bones
*kᵉmô*: preposition - like/as
*qēḏ*: noun, masculine singular - firebrand/burning stick
*niḥārû*: verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are burned/scorched

Word Meanings

*ḵālû*: consumed/ended/vanished
*ʿāšān*: smoke/vapor
*ʿaṣmôtay*: my bones/my frame
*qēḏ*: firebrand/burning stick/hearth
*niḥārû*: burned/scorched/kindled

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:2 : 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither{H8799)} as the green herb.
Isa 40:7 : 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
Ezra 10:6 : 6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Job 10:1 : 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 33:20 : 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
Ps 6:2-3 : 2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
Lam 3:13 : 13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
Lam 3:20 : 20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Matt 26:37-38 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Acts 9:9 : 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
Ps 42:6 : 6 O my God, my soul is cast down{H8709)} within me: therefore will I remember{H8799)} thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Ps 55:4-5 : 4 My heart is sore pained{H8799)} within me: and the terrors of death are fallen{H8804)} upon me. 5 Fearfulness and trembling are come{H8799)} upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed{H8762)} me.
Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach hath broken{H8804)} my heart; and I am full of heaviness{H8799)}: and I looked{H8762)} for some to take pity{H8800)}, but there was none; and for comforters{H8764)}, but I found{H8804)} none.
Ps 77:3 : 3 I remembered{H8799)} God, and was troubled{H8799)}: I complained{H8799)}, and my spirit was overwhelmed{H8691)}. Selah.
Ps 102:9 : 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Ps 102:11 : 11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Ps 143:3-4 : 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
1 Sam 1:7-8 : 7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
2 Sam 12:17 : 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 102:3
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3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
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9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
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3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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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 in the midst of my bowels.
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Ps 38:10
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10My heart panteth, my strength faileth{H8804)} me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Ps 109:22-24
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22For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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Ps 31:9-10
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9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
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Ps 38:6-8
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6I am troubled; I am bowed down{H8804)} greatly; I go{H8765)} mourning{H8802)} all the day long.
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome{H8737)} disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am feeble and sore broken{H8738)}: I have roared{H8804)} by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Ps 73:21
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21Thus my heart was grieved{H8691)}, and I was pricked{H8709)} in my reins.
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4My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Ps 31:12
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12I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
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24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
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20Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Lam 3:16-18
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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.
18And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Jer 8:18
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18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Job 33:20-21
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20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
Job 30:16-17
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16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
17My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
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13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
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3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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Ps 84:2
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2My soul longeth{H8738)}, yea, even fainteth{H8804)} for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out{H8762)} for the living God.
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3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God?
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Ps 102:23
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23He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.
Job 7:5
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5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
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7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
Job 6:7
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7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Ps 40:12
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Lam 1:11
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11All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
Ps 143:6
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6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Isa 38:12
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12Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Job 30:19
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19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Ps 6:2
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2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.