Psalm 102:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Instead of food, I have ashes to eat and tears to drink,

Cross References

Job 3:24

Moaning and groaning are my food and drink,

Psalm 42:11

Why am I discouraged? Why am I restless? I trust you! And I will praise you again because you help me, and you are my God.

Psalm 42:3

Day and night my tears are my only food, as everyone keeps asking, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 69:21

Enemies poisoned my food, and when I was thirsty, they gave me vinegar.

Psalm 80:5

You gave us tears for food, and you made us drink them by the bowlful.

Isaiah 44:20

How can anyone be stupid enough to trust something that can be burnt to ashes? No one can save themselves like that. Don't they realize that the idols they hold in their hands are not really gods?

Micah 1:10

Don't tell it in Gath! Don't even cry. Instead, roll in the dust at Beth-Leaphrah.

Micah 7:17

because of their fear of me, your LORD and God. Then they will come trembling, crawling out of their fortresses like insects or snakes, lapping up the dust.