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Psalm 102:9

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102:9For I eat ashes as if they were bread,15

and mix my drink with my tears,16

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Footnotes

  1. 15 Mourners would sometimes put ashes on their head or roll in ashes as a sign of mourning (see 2 Sam 13:19; Job 2:8; Isa 58:5).
  2. 16 Heb “weeping.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I eat ashes like bread

and mingle tears with my drink,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For I eat ashes as my food

and mingle my drink with tears

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I eat ashes like bread

and mingle my drinks with tears

NLTNew Living Translation

I eat ashes for food.

My tears run down into my drink

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Indeed, I eat ashes like bread

and mix my drink with tears

KJV 1900King James Version

For I have eaten ashes like bread,

And mingled my drink with weeping,