Psalm 102:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping

American Standard Version (1901)

For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

Common English Bible

I’ve been eating ashes instead of bread. I’ve been mixing tears into my drinks

Catholic Public Domain Version

He will not be angry forever, and he will not threaten for eternity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He will not always be angry: nor will he threaten for ever.

Psalm 102:9 Cross References

Job 3:24

For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my roarings are poured out like water

Psalm 42:11

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my meat day and night, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Psalm 69:21

They gave me also gall for my meat; And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Psalm 80:5

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

Isaiah 44:20

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?

Micah 1:10

Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-Aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.

Micah 7:17

They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places: they shall come with fear unto the LORD our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.