Verse 4

Smitten as the herb, and withered, is my heart, For I have forgotten to eat my bread.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:2 : 2 For as grass speedily they are cut off, And as the greenness of the tender grass do fade.
• Isa 40:7 : 7 Withered hath grass, faded the flower, For the Spirit of Jehovah blew upon it, Surely the people `is' grass;
• Ezra 10:6 : 6 And Ezra riseth from before the house of God, and goeth unto the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; yea, he goeth there, bread he hath not eaten, and water he hath not drunk, for he is mourning because of the trespass of the removal.
• Job 6:4 : 4 For arrows of the Mighty `are' with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves `for' me!
• Job 10:1 : 1 My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 33:20 : 20 And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.
• Ps 6:2-3 : 2 Favour me, O Jehovah, for I `am' weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones, 3 And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when?
• Lam 3:13 : 13 He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
• Lam 3:20 : 20 Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
• Matt 26:37-38 : 37 And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy; 38 then saith he to them, `Exceedingly sorrowful is my soul -- unto death; abide ye here, and watch with me.'
• Acts 9:9 : 9 and he was three days without seeing, and he did neither eat nor drink.
• Ps 42:6 : 6 In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
• Ps 55:4-5 : 4 My heart is pained within me, And terrors of death have fallen on me. 5 Fear and trembling come in to me, And horror doth cover me.
• Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am sick, And I look for a bemoaner, and there is none, And for comforters, and I have found none.
• Ps 77:3 : 3 I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah.
• Ps 102:9 : 9 Because ashes as bread I have eaten, And my drink with weeping have mingled,
• Ps 102:11 : 11 My days as a shadow `are' stretched out, And I -- as the herb I am withered.
• Ps 143:3-4 : 3 For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old. 4 And my spirit in me is become feeble, Within me is my heart become desolate.
• 1 Sam 1:7-8 : 7 And so he doth year by year, from the time of her going up into the house of Jehovah, so it provoketh her, and she weepeth, and doth not eat. 8 And Elkanah her husband saith to her, `Hannah, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why is thy heart afflicted? am I not better to thee than ten sons?'
• 2 Sam 12:17 : 17 And the elders of his house rise against him, to raise him up from the earth, and he hath not been willing, nor hath he eaten with them bread;