Psalms 102:9

King James 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Readability

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Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

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High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

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Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God?
Ps 80:5 : 5 Thou feedest{H8689)} them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink{H8686)} in great measure.
Isa 44:20 : 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?
Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken 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 rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. 49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Mic 1:10 : 10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Mic 7:17 : 17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Ps 69:21 : 21 They gave{H8799)} me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink{H8686)}.
Job 3:24 : 24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lam 3:14-17
4 verses
79%
14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken 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
4 verses
79%
3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Ps 102:10-11
2 verses
79%
10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Ps 102:8
78%
8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against 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
77%
3My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say{H8800)} unto me, Where is thy God?
Job 3:24
76%
24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Ps 69:9-11
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74%
9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up{H8804)}; and the reproaches of them that reproached{H8802)} thee are fallen{H8804)} upon me.
10When I wept{H8799)}, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
11I made{H8799)} sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
Job 16:15-16
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74%
15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
16My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Ps 69:20-21
2 verses
74%
20Reproach 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.
21They gave{H8799)} me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink{H8686)}.
Lam 1:11-13
3 verses
74%
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.
12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
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.
Ps 22:14-15
2 verses
74%
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.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Ps 80:5
73%
5Thou feedest{H8689)} them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink{H8686)} in great measure.
Lam 3:19
73%
19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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.
10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Job 6:7
73%
7The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
Ps 143:3-4
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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 69:3
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16And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
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22Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Jer 15:17
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17I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Lam 1:20
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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.
Ps 35:14
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Lam 1:16
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16For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Ps 6:7
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7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
2 Kgs 19:24
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24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
Lam 3:11
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11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Job 16:20
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20My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Job 30:31
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31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Jer 10:19
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19Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Job 30:28
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28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Job 16:9-10
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9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.