King James Version
psalm 102:9 in the King James Version says “For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,” — study this verse from psalm chapter 102 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,”
psalm 102:9 · King James Version
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
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