Psalms 102:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:3 : 3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”
  • Ps 80:5 : 5 You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.
  • Isa 44:20 : 20 He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say,‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
  • Lam 3:15-16 : 15 He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. 16 ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.
  • Lam 3:48-49 : 48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. 49 ע(Ayin) Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break
  • Mic 1:10 : 10 Don’t spread the news in Gath! Don’t shed even a single tear! In Beth Leaphrah roll about in mourning in the dust!
  • Mic 7:17 : 17 They will lick the dust like a snake, like serpents crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds to the LORD our God; they will be terrified of you.
  • Ps 69:21 : 21 They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink.
  • Job 3:24 : 24 For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

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    14I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

    15He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness.

    16ו(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust.

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Ps 102:3-6
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    3For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.

    4My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

    6I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins.

  • Ps 102:10-11
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    10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

    11My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass.

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    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

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    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

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    3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”

  • Job 3:24
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    24For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

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    9Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.

    10I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

    11I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me.

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    15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

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    20Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

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    11כ(Kaf) All her people groaned as they searched for a morsel of bread. They exchanged their valuables for just enough food to stay alive. Jerusalem Speaks:“Look, O LORD! Consider that I have become worthless!”

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    13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

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    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

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    5You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.

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    19ז(Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.

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    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

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    7I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me.

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    3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

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    6Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

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    20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.

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    14I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

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    16ע(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.

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    7My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

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    24I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’

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    11He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.

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    20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

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    31My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.

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    28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

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    9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

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